جلیقه

See also: خلیفه, خليفة, and خلیفہ

Persian

Alternative forms

جلیتقه (jelitqe), جلیدقه (jelidqe) (archaic)
جلزقه (jelezqe) (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), from Turkish yelek (“waistcoat”), modeled after corset, mantelet etc. Compare Greek γιλέκο (giléko), Spanish chaleco.

Pronunciation

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.liː.ʁé]

Readings


Iranian reading^?	jeliğe

Noun

جلیقه • (jeliqe) (plural جلیقه‌ها (jeliqe-hâ))

waistcoat, vest

Derived terms

جلیقه ضد گلوله (jeliqe-ye zedd-e golule, “bulletproof vest”)
جلیقه نجات (jeliqe-ye nejât, “life vest”)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جلیقه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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