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

Readings
Classical reading? pilla
Dari reading? pilla
Iranian reading? pelle
Tajik reading? pilla

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
  • → Armenian: փիլաքյան (pʻilakʻyan) (from the plural پلکان)
  • → Azerbaijani: pillə, pilləkən (from 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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