سالک

See also: سالك

Persian

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Arabic سَالِك (sālik).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? sālik
    Dari reading? sālik
    Iranian reading? sâlek
    Tajik reading? solik

    Noun

    سالک • (sâlek) (plural سالکان (sâlekân))

    1. wayfarer; voyager
    2. (Sufism) Sufi devotee; traveler on the mystical path

    Etymology 2

    A late 19th-century invention from سال (sâl, “year”) +‎ ـک (-ak) following the belief that normally the disease even without treatment disappears in twelve months.

    Pronunciation

      Readings
      Iranian reading? sâlek

      Noun

      سالک • (sâlek)

      1. (Iran) cutaneous leishmaniasis

      Further reading

      • Elgood, Cyril (1934), “The Early History of the Bag̲h̲dād Boil”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (JRAS)‎[1], volume 66, number 3, →DOI, pages 519–533
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