سالک

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَالِك (sālik).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lik]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɪk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɪk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɪk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.lik]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.lekʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.lik]

Readings
Classical reading?	sālik
Dari reading?	sālik
Iranian reading?	sâlek
Tajik reading?	solik

Noun

سالک • (sâlek) (plural سالکان (sâlekân))

1. wayfarer; voyager
2. (Sufism) Sufi devotee; traveler on the mystical path

Etymology 2

A late 19th-century invention from سال (sâl, “year”) +‎ ـک (-ak) following the belief that normally the disease even without treatment disappears in twelve months.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.lekʲ]

Readings
Iranian reading?	sâlek

Noun

سالک • (sâlek)

1. (Iran) cutaneous leishmaniasis

Further reading

• Elgood, Cyril (1934) “The Early History of the Bag̲h̲dād Boil”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (JRAS)‎^[1], volume 66, number 3, →DOI, pages 519–533