سبک

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See also: شبك and سبك

Baluchi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian سبک (sabk).

Noun[edit]

سبک (sabak)

  1. lesson
    Synonym: درس (dars)

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic سَبْك (sabk, melting, casting; shaping, polishing; formulating).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? saḇk
Dari reading? sabk
Iranian reading? sabk
Tajik reading? sabk

Noun[edit]

سَبک (sabk)

  1. method, way
    سبک تعلیمsabk-e ta'limmethod of teaching
    سبکی جدیدsabki jadida new method
  2. style
    سبک موسیقیsabk-e musiqistyle of music
    سبک انشاءsabk-e enšâ'writing style
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠sbwk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *θrapuka-, from Proto-Iranian *θrap- (to be unsteady), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (to tremble); if so, then cognate with Latin trepidus (nervous, perilous) and Russian трепа́ть (trepátʹ, to scutch; to flutter).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? saḇuk
Dari reading? sabuk
Iranian reading? sabok
Tajik reading? sabuk

Adjective[edit]

Dari سَبُک
Iranian Persian
Tajik сабук

سَبُک (sabok)

  1. (weight) light
    Antonym: سنگین (sangin, heavy)
    بار سبکbâr-e saboklight load
    صبحانه سبکsobhâne-ye saboklight breakfast
    باران سبکbârân-e saboklight rain
  2. thin; flimsy; soft
  3. frivolous; flippant
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 675