تلک

See also: تلك, بلگ, and پلک

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰälk], [t̪ʰʊlk]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰälk], [t̪ʰʊlk]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰälk], [t̪ʰulk]

Readings
Classical reading? talk, tulk
Dari reading? talk, tulk
Iranian reading? talk, tolk
Tajik reading? talk, tulk

Noun

تَلْک or تُلک • (talk or tulk / tolk)

  1.  talc, talcum

Descendants

  • Arabic: طَلْق (ṭalq)
    • Medieval Latin: talcum
      • German: Talkum
      • Polish: talk
    • Middle French: talc
      • French: talc
      • English:
      • German: Talk
        • Russian: тальк (talʹk)
        • Ukrainian: тальк (talʹk)

References

  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 158 Nr. 2003
  • Moattar, Fariborz (1971), Ismāʻīl Ǧorǧānī und seine Bedeutung für die iranische Heilkunde, insbesondere Pharmazie, unter Berücksichtigung seiner Verdienste für die Gestaltung der neupersischen Sprache (in German), Marburg an der Lahn: Görich & Weiershäuser, page 304 Nr. 141
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855), “تلک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 458b
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “طلق”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 547a