Persian

Alternative forms

• پلّه ‎(pelle) — with a tashdid.

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

Descendants

• Armenian: փիլաքյան ‎(pʿilakʿyan)

References

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