سبک

See also: شبك and سبك

Baluchi

Alternative forms

• سبق (sabaq)

Etymology

From Persian سبک (sabk).

Noun

سبک • (sabak)

1. lesson

   Synonym: درس (dars)

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saβk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säbk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säbk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säbk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säbk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæbkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säbk]

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

• سبک خراسانی (sabk-e xorâsâni)
• سبک عراقی (sabk-e 'erâqi)
• سبک هندی (sabk-e hendi)

 

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.βuk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bʊk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bʊk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.bʊk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.buk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.bokʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.buk]

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)