ایلک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, probably from Chagatai ایلاک (ʾylāk /⁠eläk⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? ēlak
Tajik reading? elak

Noun

ایلک • (ēlak) (Tajik spelling элак)

  1. Dari and Tajik form of الک (alak, “sifter, sieve, searce”)

Derived terms

  • ایلک کردن (ēlak kardan / ilak kardan, “to sift, sieve”)

References

  • Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “ایلک”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 44
  • “ایلک”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
  • “ایلک”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013
  • Malistani, Tariq (1993), “ایلک”, in فرهنگ ابتدائی ملی هزاره [farhang-i ibtidā'ī millī-yi hazāra]‎[1] (PDF), SIL International, page 21
  • S. Nazarzoda, A. Sanginov, M. Sultonov, S. Karimov, O. Qosimov, S. Matrobov (2018), “элак”, in Фарҳанги тафсирии забони тоҷикӣ‎[2], 2nd edition, volume 2 (in Tajik), Dushanbe: Abuabdullo Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature, page 699
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