فلاکت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَاكَة (falāka).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fa.laː.ˈkat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.lɑː.kʰǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.lɑː.kʰǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.lɔː.kʰǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.lɒː.kʰʲǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.lɔ.kʰǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	falākat
Dari reading^?	falākat
Iranian reading^?	falâkat
Tajik reading^?	falokat

Noun

فلاکت • (falâkat)

adversity, adverse fortune
Synonym: بدبختی (badbaxti)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فلاکت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim