سبک

• سبق (sabaq)

From Persian سبک (sabk).

سبک • (sabak)

1. lesson

   Synonym: درس (dars)

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْك (sabk, “melting, casting; shaping, polishing; formulating”). Modern meaning of "method; style" is not found before the 1800s.^[1]

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

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (spwk' /⁠sabuk⁠/, “light, easy”), 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”).^[2] Akin to the Iranian borrowings: Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܘܟܐ (espukā, “post-man, courier”), Old Georgian სუბუქი (subuki), მსუბუქი (msubuki), Laz სუბუქი (subuki, “lightweight”).

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

• Marathi: सुबक (subak)