لیک

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See also: لیگ

Persian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
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- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	lēk
Dari reading^?	lēk
Iranian reading^?	lik
Tajik reading^?	lek

Conjunction

لیک • (lik)

(archaic, literary) alternative form of (“but, however, nevertheless”)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 133:
  گر چه تفسیر زبان روشن‌‌گر است / لیک عشق بی‌‌زبان روشن‌‌تر است
  gar-či tafsīr-i zabān rawšan-gar ast / lēk išq-i bē-zabān rawšan-tar ast
  Although the commentary of the tongue makes (all) clear, yet tongueless love is clearer.
  (Classical Persian)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːk/

Noun

لیک • (lik)

(dialectal, Bushehr) scream

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