پله

پله

See also: بله‎ and بلة‎

Persian

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /pɪlla/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /pelle/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /pilla/

Noun

پله • (pelle) (plural پله‌ها‎ (pelle-hâ) or پلکان‎ (pellekân) or پلگان‎ (pellegân))

1. a stair, step
2. scale
3. round of a ladder
4. (figuratively) stage, degree
5. (Dari) popcorn

Descendants

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “پله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul