پله

See also: بله‎ and بلة‎

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pil.la]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [pʰɪl.lä]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [pʰɪl.lä]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [pʰil.lä]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [pʰel.le]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [pʰil.lä]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [پِلَّه]‎

Iranian: [پِلِّه]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	pilla
Dari reading?	pilla
Iranian reading?	pelle
Tajik reading?	pilla

Noun

پله • (pelle) (plural پله‌ها‎ (pelle-hâ) or پلکان‎ (pellekân) or پلگان‎ (pellegân))

1. a stair, step
2. scale
3. round of a ladder
4. (figurative) stage, degree
5. (Dari) popcorn

Descendants

• → Armenian: փիլաքյան (pʿilakʿyan) (from the plural پلکان‎)
• → Azerbaijani: pillə, pilləkən (from the plural پلکان‎)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “پله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul