لیک
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See also: لیگ
Persian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Abbreviation of لیکن (lēkin) from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [leːk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [liːkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lek]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lēk |
| Dari reading? | lēk |
| Iranian reading? | lik |
| Tajik reading? | lek |
Conjunction[edit]
لیک • (lik)
- (archaic) 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 cha tafsîr-i-zabân rawšan-gar ast / lek 'išq-i-bezabân rawšan-tar ast
- Although the commentary of the tongue makes (all) clear, yet tongueless love is clearer.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
لیک • (lik)