پله

See also: بله and بلة

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plk(y) /⁠pillag⁠/), from Proto-Iranian [Term?], ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, step”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɪl.lä], [pʰäl.lä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰɪl.lä], [pʰäl.lä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰil.lä], [pʰäl.lä]

Readings
Classical reading? pilla, palla
Dari reading? pilla, palla
Iranian reading? pelle
Tajik reading? pilla, palla
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

پله • (pelle) (plural پله‌ها (pelle-hâ), or پلکان (pellekân), or پلگان (pellegân))[2]

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

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: pillə
  • → Uzbek: pilla, pillapoya
  • → Uyghur: پەللە (pelle), پەلەمپەي (pelempey)
  • → Georgian: ფილა (pila)

Via the plural پلکان:

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 64-5
  2. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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