شکل

See also: شكل

Baluchi

Etymology 1

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Adjective

شَکَّل • (šakkal)

1. sweet, sugary, honeyed

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَكْل (šakl, “shape”).

Noun

شِکل • (šekl)

1. shape, form

See also

• شکر (šakar)

References

شکل" October 26, Balochi Dictionary, in Webonary, retrieved 2023-01-12

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic شَكْل (šakl, “shape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃakl/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäkl], [ʃä.kʰɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäkl], [ʃä.kʰɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäkl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäkl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃekʰʲl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäkl]

Readings
Classical reading?	šakl
Dari reading?	šakl, šakil
Iranian reading?	šekl
Tajik reading?	šakl

Noun

شکل • (šakl / šekl) (plural شکل‌ها (šakl-hā / šekl-hâ), or اشکال (aškāl / aškâl), Tajik spelling шакл)

1. shape, form

   شکل ستاره دارد. ― šekl-e setâre dârad. ― It is shaped like a star.

   شکل ظاهری انسان ― šekl-e zâheri-ye ensân ― the outer appearance of humans

2. manner, method; way

   Synonyms: طور (tawr / towr), طرز (tarz)

3. figure

   اشکال هندسی ― aškâl-e handasi ― geometrical figures

Derived terms

• بی‌شکل (bē-šakl / bi-šekl)
• شکل دادن (šakl dādan / šekl dâdan)
• شکل گرفتن (šakl giriftan / šekl gereftan)
• شکلا (šaklan / šeklan)
• شکل‌گیری (šakl gīrī / šekl giri)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel).

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰʲél̥]

Readings
Iranian reading?	šekel

Noun

شکل • (šekel)

1. shekel

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَكْل (šakl).

Noun

شَکْل • (śakl) f (Hindi spelling शक्ल)

1. face

   Synonyms: چِہْرَہ (cihra), مُن٘ہ (mũh)

2. appearance, look

   Synonym: صُورَت (sūrat)