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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (plk(y) /pillag/), from Proto-Iranian , ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, step”).[1]
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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pilla, palla
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| Dari reading?
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pilla, palla
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| Iranian reading?
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pelle
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| Tajik reading?
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pilla, palla
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Noun
پله • (pelle) (plural پلهها (pelle-hâ) or پلکان (pellekân) or پلگان (pellegân))[2]
- a stair, step
- scale
- round of a ladder
- (figuratively) stage, degree
- (Dari) popcorn
Descendants
Via the plural پلکان:
References
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 64-5
- ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul