جلیقه

See also: خلیفه, خليفة, and خلیفہ

Persian

Alternative forms

• جلیتقه (jelitqe), جلیدقه (jelidqe) (archaic)
• جلزقه (jelezqe) (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), from Turkish yelek (“waistcoat”), modeled after corset, mantelet etc. Compare Greek γιλέκο (giléko), Spanish chaleco.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.liː.ʁé]

Readings
Iranian reading?	jeliğe

Noun

جلیقه • (jeliqe) (plural جلیقه‌ها (jeliqe-hâ))

1. waistcoat, vest

Derived terms

• جلیقه ضد گلوله (jeliqe-ye zedd-e golule, “bulletproof vest”)
• جلیقه نجات (jeliqe-ye nejât, “life vest”)

 

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جلیقه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press