الک

See also: الك

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani ələk.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.lǽkʲ]

Readings
Iranian reading?	alak

Noun

الک • (alak)

1. sieve, searce

   Synonyms: غربال (ğarbâl), تنگ‌بیز (tang-bêz), تنک‌بیز (tanuk-bêz), ماشاو (mâšâv)

References

• Monchi-Zadeh, Daoud (1975) “Iranische Miszellen”, in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg (Acta Iranica; 5), Leiden: E.J. Brill, →ISBN, page 69
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “الک”, 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 120a