Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Already Middle Persian, as seen in Arabic جُلَاهِق (julāhiq). From some descendant of Sanskrit कौलिक (kaulika, weaver).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jūlāhak

Noun

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جولاهک (julâhak)

  1. weaver
  2. spider

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi und neupersische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 192
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جولاهك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 379
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “جولاه”, 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 541a
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “چولاه”, 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[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 602a