کلکین

Borrowed from Hindustani کِھڑْکی / खिड़की (khiṛkī), possibly via Mughal Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit खटक्किका (khaṭakkikā). Unlikely to have been transmitted via Pashto کړکۍ (kaṛkay), due to major vowel changes in Pashto that did not occur in Dari.

کلکین • (kilkīn) (plural کلکین‌ها (kilkīn-hā))

1. (chiefly Dari) window

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “کلکین”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 292