سبک

See also: شبك and سبك

Baluchi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian سبک (sabk).

Noun

سبک • (sabak)

  1. lesson
    Synonym: درس (dars)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَبْك (sabk, “melting, casting; shaping, polishing; formulating”).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? saḇk
Dari reading? sabk
Iranian reading? sabk
Tajik reading? sabk

Noun

سَبک • (sabk)

  1. method, way
    سبک تعلیم ― sabk-e ta'lim ― method of teaching
    سبکی جدید ― sabki jadid ― a new method
  2. style
    سبک موسیقی ― sabk-e musiqi ― style of music
    سبک انشاء ― sabk-e enšâ' ― writing style
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠sbwk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *θrapuka-, from Proto-Iranian *θrap- (“to be unsteady”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to tremble”); if so, then cognate with Latin trepidus (“nervous, perilous”) and Russian трепа́ть (trepátʹ, “to scutch; to flutter”).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? saḇuk
Dari reading? sabuk
Iranian reading? sabok
Tajik reading? sabuk

Adjective
Dari سَبُک
Iranian Persian
Tajik сабук

سَبُک • (sabok)

  1. (weight) light
    Antonym: سنگین (sangin, “heavy”)
    بار سبک ― bâr-e sabok ― light load
    صبحانه سبک ― sobhâne-ye sabok ― light breakfast
    باران سبک ― bârân-e sabok ― light rain
  2. thin; flimsy; soft
  3. frivolous; flippant
Derived terms
  • سبک سنگین کردن (sabok sangin kardan)
  • سبکبار (sabokbâr)
  • سبکباری (sabokbâri)
  • سبکپا (sabokpâ)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 675
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