الکی

Persian

Alternative forms

  • اتکلی (atkeli) (dialectal, Kerman)

Etymology

Sometimes connected to Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hlk' /⁠halag⁠/, “foolish, impudent”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? alaki

Adjective

الکی • (alaki)

  1. arbitrary, pointless, without reason
  2. spurious, phony
    آزادی الکی ― âzâdi-ye alaki ― false freedom
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