لاک

See also: لاك‎ and لأك‎

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A contraction of لاوک‎ (lâvak, “kneading trough”), likely a doublet of ناوک‎ (nâvak, “hopper or feeder of a mill; a small boat”) and ناوه‎ (nâve, “kneading trough; a small boat”), diminutives of ناو‎ (nâv).‎

Pronunciation

Noun

لاک • (lâk)

  1. trough, wooden vessel

Derived terms
  • لاک‌پشت‎ (lâk-pošt, “tortoise”)
  • لاک تراش‎ (lâk-tarâš, “lâk-maker”)

Descendants
  • >? Tat: lak
  • >? Judeo-Tat: lok
  • → Armenian: լաք (lakʿ, “dry measure for cereals; wooden trough”), →? լաք (lakʿ, “garden bed”)
  • →? Azerbaijani: lək

References
  • Asatrian, Garnik; Hakobian, Gohar (2018), “On *-d- > -l- and *-š- > -l- in Western New Iranian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 22, issue 3, →DOI, page 304, footnote 8
  • Hassandoust, Mohammad (2014/2015), Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume IV: K-Y, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 2504
  • Lambton, Ann K. (1938) Three Persian dialects, London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 89b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “لاك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1112
  1. Palatecʿi, Gēorg Dpir (1829), “լէք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʿ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 167b
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