کلک

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Pashto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Persian

Etymology 1

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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”),[1] compare Latin cancellus.

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

کلک • (kelk)

  1. reed; reed pen
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كلك (kilk)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

کلک • (kolk)

  1. Alternative form of کرک (kork)

References

  1. ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 106 Nr. 308 fn. 133
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