سبک
Baluchi edit
Alternative forms edit
- سبق (sabaq)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
سبک • (sabak)
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic سَبْك (sabk, “melting, casting; shaping, polishing; formulating”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [saβk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæbkʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säbk]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | saḇk |
| Dari reading? | sabk |
| Iranian reading? | sabk |
| Tajik reading? | sabk |
Noun edit
سَبک • (sabk)
- method, way
- سبک تعلیم ― sabk-e ta'lim ― method of teaching
- سبکی جدید ― sabki jadid ― a new method
- style
- سبک موسیقی ― sabk-e musiqi ― style of music
- سبک انشاء ― sabk-e enšâ' ― writing style
Derived terms edit
- سبک خراسانی (sabk-e xorâsâni)
- سبک عراقی (sabk-e 'erâqi)
- سبک هندی (sabk-e hendi)
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sa.βuk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.bokʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.buk]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | saḇuk |
| Dari reading? | sabuk |
| Iranian reading? | sabok |
| Tajik reading? | sabuk |
Adjective edit
| Dari | سَبُک |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | сабук |
سَبُک • (sabok)
- (weight) light
- Antonym: سنگین (sangin, “heavy”)
- بار سبک ― bâr-e sabok ― light load
- صبحانه سبک ― sobhâne-ye sabok ― light breakfast
- باران سبک ― bârân-e sabok ― light rain
- thin; flimsy; soft
- frivolous; flippant
Derived terms edit
- سبک سنگین کردن (sabok sangin kardan)
- سبکبار (sabokbâr)
- سبکباری (sabokbâri)
- سبکپا (sabokpâ)
References edit
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 675