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{{also|Silk}}
==English==
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[[File:Handkerchief - silk, Victorian Centenary.jpg|thumb|a '''silk''' handkerchief]]
[[File:CJ silks May.jpg|thumb|right|A performer using '''silks''']]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|silk}}, {{m|enm|sylk}}, {{m|enm|selk}}, {{m|enm|selc}}, from {{inh|en|ang|sioloc}}, {{m|ang|seoloc}}, {{m|ang|seolc|t=silk}}. The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in {{cog|non|silki}} (> {{cog|da|silke}}, {{cog|sv|silke||silk}}), {{cog|ru|шёлк}}, obsolete {{cog|lt|zilkaĩ}}), all ultimately from {{der|en|LL.|sēricus}}, from {{der|en|grc|σηρικός}}, ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. {{cog|zh|絲||silk|tr=sī|sc=Hani}}). Compare {{m|en|Seres}}. {{doublet|en|seric|serge}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|sĭlk}}, {{IPA|en|/sɪlk/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-silk.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪlk|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|mostly|uncountable}} A fine [[fiber]] [[excreted]] by the [[silkworm]] or other [[arthropod]] (such as a [[spider]]).
#: {{ux|en|The thread made of '''silk''' was barely visible.}}
# A fine, soft [[cloth]] [[woven]] from silk fibers.
#* {{RQ:Chambers Younger Set|chapter=His Own People|page=6|passage=It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.}}
# Anything which resembles silk, such as the [[filiform]] [[style]]s of the [[female]] [[flower]] of [[maize]], or the seed covering of [[bombax]]es.
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=Dangerous Lady|page=36|passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black '''silk''' helmet.}}
# The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[Queen's Counsel]], [[King's Counsel]] or [[Senior Counsel]].
# {{lb|en|circus arts|in the plural}} A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
# {{lb|en|horse racing|usually|in the plural}} The garments worn by a [[jockey]] displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|make a silk purse of a sow's ear|silken|silk shag|silkweaver|silkweaving|silkworm|silky|smooth as silk|soft as silk|take silk|ahimsa silk|corn silk|crow-silk|floss silk|floss-silk|flox silk|glass silk|golden silk orb-weaver|hit the silk|oiled silk|peace silk|raw silk|sea silk|silk elevator|silkmoth|silk oak|silk paper|silk serge|silk shag|silk tree|silk-cotton tree|silk-oak|silk-screen printing|silk-stocking|Sri Lankan tussar silk moth|widow's silk|you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear|silk press|cornsilk|desilk|nonsilk|silker|silkette|silkgrass|silkgrower|silkgrowing|silkless|silklike|silkman|silkmoth|silkness|silkscreen|silkstone|silktail|silktassel|silkware|silkwear|silkweed|silkwoman|silkwork|silkworks|silk screen effect}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|fiber}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَرِير|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|حرير|m|tr=ḥarīr}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|حرير|m|tr=ḥarīr}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մետաքս}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|mãtase|f}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|ৰেচম}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|seda|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|ipək}}
* Banjarese: {{t|bjn|lalamas}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|zeta}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|шоўк|m}}, {{t|be|ядва́б|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|রেশম}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|रेशम}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|seiz|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|коприна|f}}, {{qualifier|dated}} {{t+|bg|сви́ла|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|seda|f}}
* Central Melanau: {{t|mel|seterak}}
* Chakma: {{t-needed|ccp}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|чилла}}
* Chinese:
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|сыщян}} ({{t|dng|絲線}})
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|絲|tr=sī}}, {{t+|cmn|絲線|tr=sīxiàn}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ϣⲉⲛⲥ|m}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|owrlin|m}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|seta|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hedvábí|n}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|saita|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|silke|c}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|ފަށުި}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zijde|f}} (from silk worm); {{t+|nl|rag|n}}, {{t+|nl|spinrag|n}} (from spider)
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|silko}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|siid}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|silki|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|silkki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|soie|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|sede|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|seda|f}}, {{t|gl|serda|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|აბრეშუმი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Seide|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μέταξα|f}}, {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t+|el|μετάξι|n}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|રેશમ|n}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|tsamiya}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מֶשִׁי|m|tr=meshi}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|रेशम|m}}, {{t+|hi|कौशेय}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|selyemszál}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|silki}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|silko}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|sutra}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|šulkku}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|seta}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|síoda|m}}, {{t|ga|seiric|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|seta|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|絹|tr=きぬ, kinu}}, {{t+|ja|絹糸|tr=きぬいと, kinuito}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ರೇಷ್ಮೆ}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|жібек}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|សូត្រ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|명주(明紬)}}, {{t+|ko|비단(緋緞)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ئاوریشم}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|hevrîşm|m}}, {{t+|kmr|herîr|m}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жибек}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ໄໝ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sēricum|n}}, {{t|la|bombȳx|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|zīds|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|šilkas}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦺᦖ}}, {{t|khb|ᦶᦣ}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Seid|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|свила|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|sutera}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പട്ട്}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠰᡳᡵᡤᡝ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|sheeidey|m}}
* Mirandese: {{t-needed|mwl}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|торгон утас}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|hariri|c9|c10}}
* North Frisian: {{t|frr|siisen}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|silke|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|silke|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|seda|f}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ରେଶମ}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|шьлкъ|m}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|hariira}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|цыллӕ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|ایپك|tr=ipek}}, {{t|ota|ابرشیم|tr=ibrişim}}, {{t|ota|حریر|tr=harir}}, {{t|ota|قز|tr=kazz}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|гадваб|m}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|ورېښم|m|tr=wrex̌ᶕm}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ابریشم|tr=abrišam}}, {{t+|fa|حریر|tr=harir}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|jedwab|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|seda|f}}
* Rohingya: {{t|rhg|recóm}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|mătase|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|saida|f}}, {{t|rm|seida|f}}, {{t|rm|seda|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шёлк|m}}
* Samogitian: {{t|sgs|sėlks}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|कौशेय}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|seda|f}}, {{t|sc|sera|f}}, {{t|sc|seta|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sìoda|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|сви́ла|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|svíla|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|sita}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|hodváb|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|svila|f}}
* Somali: {{t+|so|xariir|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|торко}}, {{t|alt|јибек}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|seda|f}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|sutra}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hariri}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|silke|n}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|абрешим}}, {{t|tg|ҳарир}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பட்டு}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పట్టు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ไหม}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|དར}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ipek}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýüpek}}
* Udi: {{t|udi|абришӀум}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|шовк|m}}, {{t+|uk|єдва́б|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ریشم|m|tr=rēśam}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|يىپەك}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ipak}}, {{t+|uz|harir}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tơ}}, {{t|vi|chỉ tơ}}
* Vilamovian: {{t|wym|zajd|f}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|sadin}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|soye|f}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|sida}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|sidan|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|זײַד|f}}
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{{trans-top|fabric}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|mëndafsh|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَرِير|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|حرير|m|tr=ḥarīr}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մետաքս}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rm|mãtase|f}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|seda|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|ipək}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|шоўк|m}}, {{t|be|ядва́б|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|সিল্ক}}, {{t+|bn|রেশম}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|копри́на|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ပိုး}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|seda|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|絲|tr=si1}}, {{t|yue|絲綢|tr=si1 cau4}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|сычу}} ({{t|dng|絲綢}})
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|絲綢|tr=sĭ-dièu}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|絲綢|tr=sṳ̂-chhù}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|絲|tr=si / su}}, {{t|nan-hbl|絲綢|tr=si-tiû}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|絲|tr=sī}}, {{t+|cmn|絲綢|tr=sīchóu}}
*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|絲綢|tr=sí-diû}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|絲綢}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hedvábí|n}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|saita|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|silke|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zijde|f}}, {{t|nl|zijdedoek|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|siid}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|silki|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|silkki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|soie|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|sede|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|seda|f}}, {{t|gl|serda|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|აბრეშუმი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Seide|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μετάξι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|μέταξα|f}}, {{t|grc|σηρικόν|n}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|lole paheʻe}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מֶשִׁי|m|tr=meshi}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|रेशम|m}}, {{t-check|hi|tr=hit}}, {{t+|hi|कौशेय}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|selyem}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|silki}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|šulkku}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|síoda|m}}, {{t|ga|éadach síoda|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|seta|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|絹|tr=きぬ, kinu}}, {{t+|ja|絹布|tr=けんぷ, kenpu}}, {{t|ja|絹地|tr=きぬじ, kinuji}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|жібек}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ព្រែ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|비단(緋緞)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ئاوریشم|tr=awrîşim}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|hevrîşm}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жибек}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ໄໝ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sēricum|n}}, {{t|la|bombȳx|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|zīds|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|šilkas|m}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|zīḑõz}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|свила|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|sutera}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പട്ട്}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|ħarir|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hiraka}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|торго}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|гокси}}, {{t|gld|сэурэ}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|naakʼaʼatʼą́hí disǫsígíí}}
* Nivkh: {{t|niv|чарб}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|silki}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|silke|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|silke|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|seda|f}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|шьлкъ|m}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|silki|n}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|гадваб|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|سیلک|tr=silk}}, {{t+|fa|دیبا|tr=dibâ}}, {{t+|fa|پرنیان|tr=parniyân}}, {{t+|fa|پرند|tr=parand}}, {{t+|fa|لاد|tr=lâd}}, {{t+|fa|سره|tr=sare}}, {{t+|fa|ابریشم|tr=abrišam, abrišom, abrišem}}, {{t+|fa|حریر|tr=harir}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Sied|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|jedwab|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|seda|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|mătase|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|saida|f}}, {{t|rm|seida|f}}, {{t|rm|seda|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шёлк|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|कौशेय}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|seda|f}}, {{t|sc|sera|f}}, {{t|sc|seta|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sìoda|m}}, {{t|gd|sròl|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|сви́ла|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|svíla|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|hodváb|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|svila|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|торко}}, {{t|alt|јибек}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|seda|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|siden|n}}, {{t+|sv|silke|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|sutla}}, {{t|tl|seda}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|абрешим}}, {{t|tg|шоҳӣ}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பட்டு}}
* Taos: {{t|twf|sédoną}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పట్టు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ไหม}}, {{t+|th|ผ้าไหม}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ipek}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýüpek}}
* Udi: {{t|udi|абришӀум}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|шовк|m}}, {{t+|uk|єдва́б|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ریشم|m|tr=reśam}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|يىپەك}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ipak}}, {{t+|uz|harir}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|vải lụa}}, {{t+|vi|lụa}}, {{t|vi|tơ lụa}}, {{t+|vi|xoa}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|זײַד|f}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|seicouz}}, {{t|za|couz}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To remove the silk from (corn).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Lynetra T. Griffin|title=From Whence We Came|page=17
|passage=While we shucked and '''silked''' the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes {{...}}}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|sericin}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ikls|LISK|skil|Kils|ilks|Lisk}}

{{C|en|Fabrics|Fibers}}

==Azerbaijani==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|az|ar|سِلْك⁩}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|az|[silc]}}

===Noun===
{{az-noun}}

# {{lb|az|archaic}} [[profession]], [[corps]], [[cadre]]
# [[social]] [[class]], [[social]] [[stratum]]
#: {{syn|az|təbəqə}}

====Declension====
{{az-decl-noun|i|k}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:az:Obastan}}