پله

See also: بله and بلة

Persian

Alternative forms

• پلّه (pelle) — with a tashdid.

Noun

پله • (pelle) (plural پله‌ها (pelle-hâ) or پلکان (pellekân) or پلگان (pellegân))

1. a stair, step
2. scale
3. round of a ladder
4. (figuratively) stage, degree
5. popcorn in the Dari accent

Descendants

• Armenian: փիլաքյան (pʻilakʻyan)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul