مسلک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْلَك (maslak)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? maslak
Dari reading? maslak
Iranian reading? maslak
Tajik reading? maslak

Noun

Dari مسلک
Iranian Persian
Tajik маслак

مسلک • (maslak) (plural مسالک (masālek))

  1. way, path
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3086:
      هر نبی و هر ولی را مسلکی است / لیک تا حق می‌‌برد جمله یکی است
      har nabi u har walî râ maslak-i ast / lêk tâ haq mê-barad jumla yaki ast
      Every prophet and every saint hath a way (of religious doctrine and practice), but it leads to God: all (the ways) are (really) one.
  2. method, manner
  3. policy, course, program, principle

References

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

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