دلاک

See also: دلاك

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic دَلَّاك (dallāk).

Noun

Dari	دلاک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	даллок

دلاک • (dallâk) (plural دلاکان)

1. attendant or waiter at a Turkish bath
2. barber
3. massagist

Descendants

• → Armenian: դալլաք (dallakʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: dəllək
• → Georgian: დალაქი (dalaki)
• → Gujarati: દલ્લાક (dallāk)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دلاك (dellak), تلاك (tellak), تلاق (tellak)
  • Turkish: tellak
• → Turkmen: dellek

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دلاك”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “دلاك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul