سالک

See also: سالك

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَالِك (sālik).

Pronunciation

 

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

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
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