اشکال

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic إِشْكَال (ʔiškāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.kɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.kʰɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.kʰɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.kʰɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.kʰɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʃ.kʰɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.kʰɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	iškāl
Dari reading?	iškāl
Iranian reading?	eškâl
Tajik reading?	iškol

Noun

اِشکال • (eškâl) (plural اِشکالات (eškâlât))

1. difficulty
2. doubt

Derived terms

• اشکال گرفتن (eškâl gereftan, “to raise objections”)
• اشکالی نداره (eškâli na-dâre, “no problem; it's okay”)
• اِشکال تَراش (eškâl tarâš, “troublemaker”)
• اِشکال کَردَن (eškâl kardan, “to raise objections”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَشْكَال (ʔaškāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaʃ.kɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.kʰɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.kʰɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.kʰɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.kʰɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʃ.kʰɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃ.kʰɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	aškāl
Dari reading?	aškāl
Iranian reading?	aškâl
Tajik reading?	aškol

Noun

اَشکال • (aškâl)

1. plural of شِکل (šekl, “shape; form”).

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اشکال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul