سبک

• سبق‎ (sabaq)

From Persian سبک‎ (sabk).

سبک • (sabak)

1. lesson

   Synonym: درس‎ (dars)

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

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /sabk/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /sabk/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sæbk/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /sabk/

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

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/sbwk/), from Proto-Iranian *θrapuka-, from Proto-Iranian *θrap- (“to be unsteady”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to tremble”).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /sabuk/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /sabʊk/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sæbok/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /sabuk/

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