کلک

See also: كلك

Pashto

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klak/

Adjective

کلک • (klak)

1. hard; tough
2. rigid, firm, stiff
3. inflexible; unyielding
4. austere

Declension

Declension of کلک

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	کلک (klak)	کلک (klak)	کلکه (klaka)	کلکې (klake)
oblique	کلک (klak)	کلکو (klako)	کلکې (klake)	کلکو (klako)
vocative	کلکه (klaka)	کلکو (klako)	کلکې (klake)	کلکو (klako)

Derived terms

• کلک والى
• کلکوالى

Persian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

کلک • (kalak)

1. trick

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kələk

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَك (kalak).

Noun

کلک • (kalak)

1. raft (of inflated skins)

Etymology 3

Back-formation from کلکین (kilkīn, “window”), from Hindustani کھڑکی / खिड़की (khiṛkī, “a private back-door; postern-gate, wicket, sally-port”), compare Latin cancellus.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪlk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪlk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪlk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰilk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲelkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰilk]

Readings
Classical reading?	kilk
Dari reading?	kilk
Iranian reading?	kelk
Tajik reading?	kilk

Noun

کلک • (kelk)

1. reed; reed pen
   • 10th century, Ferdowsi:

     نویسنده از کلک چون خامه کرد
     سوی مادر روشنک نامه کرد

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كلك (kilk)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊlk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊlk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊlk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰulk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰolkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰulk]

Readings
Classical reading?	kulk
Dari reading?	kulk
Iranian reading?	kolk
Tajik reading?	kulk

Noun

کلک • (kolk)

1. alternative form of کرک (kork)