جلیقه
Persian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), from Turkish yelek (“waistcoat”), modeled after corset, mantelet etc. Compare Greek γιλέκο (giléko), Spanish chaleco.
Pronunciation
edit- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.liː.ʁé]
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Iranian reading? | jeliğe |
Noun
editجلیقه • (jeliqe) (plural جلیقهها (jeliqe-hâ))
Derived terms
edit- جلیقه ضد گلوله (jeliqe-ye zedd-e golule, “bulletproof vest”)
- جلیقه نجات (jeliqe-ye nejât, “life vest”)
Further reading
edit- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جلیقه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press