کلک

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• IPA^(key): /klak/

کلک • (klak)

1. hard; tough
2. rigid, firm, stiff
3. inflexible; unyielding
4. austere

• کلک والى
• کلکوالى

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کلک • (kalak)

1. trick

• → Azerbaijani: kələk

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَك (kalak).

کلک • (kalak)

1. raft (of inflated skins)

Back-formation from کلکین (kilkīn, “window”), from Hindustani کھڑکی / खिड़की (khiṛkī, “a private back-door; postern-gate, wicket, sally-port”),^[1] compare Latin cancellus.

کلک • (kelk)

1. reed; reed pen
   • 10th century, Ferdowsi:

     نویسنده از کلک چون خامه کرد
     سوی مادر روشنک نامه کرد

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• → Ottoman Turkish: كلك (kilk)

کلک • (kolk)

1. alternative form of کرک (kork)