فلاته

Persian

Alternative forms

• فراته (firāta, furāta)
• فلاتج (filātaj), فراتج (furātaj), فراتق (furātaq)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian, whence Arabic فَلَاتَج (falātaj), and apparently further Arabic forms from which Neo-Persian alternative forms were derived. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fi.lɑː.ta], [fu.lɑː.ta]

Readings
Classical reading?	filāta, fulāta

Noun

فلاته • (filāta, fulāta) (obsolete)

1. A sweetmeat manufactured from molasses into which milk and nuts are cooked

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فلاته”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فراته”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 3480
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فلاته”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 3541