شکل

See also: شكل

Baluchi

Etymology 1

Adjective

شَکَّل • (šakkal)

1. sweet, sugary, honeyed

Etymology 2

Noun

شِکل • (šekl)

1. shape, form

See also

• شکر (šakar)

References

شکل" October 26, Balochi Dictionary, in Webonary, retrieved 2023-01-12

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic شَكْل (šakl, “shape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃakl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäkl], [ʃä.kʰɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäkl], [ʃä.kʰɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪkl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃikl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃekʲl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃikl]

Readings
Classical reading?	šakl
Dari reading?	šakl, šakil
Iranian reading?	šekl
Tajik reading?	šikl

Noun

Dari	شِکل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шикл

شکل • (šekl) (plural شکل‌ها (šekl-hâ) or اشکال (aškâl))

1. shape, form

   شکل ستاره دارد. ― šekl-e setâre dârad. ― It is shaped like a star.

   شکل ظاهری انسان ― šekl-e zâheri-ye ensân ― the outer appearance of humans

2. manner, method; way

   Synonyms: طور (towr), طرز (tarz)

3. figure

   اشکال هندسی ― aškâl-e handasi ― geometrical figures

Derived terms

• بی‌شکل (bi-šekl)
• شکل دادن (šekl dâdan)
• شکل گرفتن (šekl gereftan)
• شکلاً (šeklan)
• شکل‌گیری (šekl-giri)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel).

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰʲél̥]

Readings
Iranian reading?	šekel

Noun

شکل • (šekel)

1. shekel