فلک falak A (Heb. Any thing round) s. m. 1. The heavens, sky, firmament, sphere. 2. Fate, fortune. (Plur. افلاک aflāk). فلک زده falak-zada, Stricken of fate, poor, crazy, lu- natick. فلک کو خبر نـﮩوني کسيکي falak ko ḵẖa- bar na honī kisī ke (lit. A thing being unknown to oneʼs stars) implies great inattention and ig- norance. Mīr Aﻌbdullāh Tajarrud says:-- تجهـ رو مين لطف هي سو ملک کو خبر نـﮩين خورشيد کيا هي اسکي فلک کو خبر نـﮩين Tujh rū meṅ lut̤f hai so malak ko ḵẖabar nahīṅ; ḵẖụrshaid kyā hai? uske falak ko ḵẖabar nahīṅ, There is a charm in thy face unknown even to angels; (compared to it) what is the sun? It is unknown to his orbit or sphere. فلک الافلاک falaku-l-aflāk, The primum mobile, empyrean heaven. فلک سير falak-sair, Like the heavens in motion, rapid in motion. فلک نشان falak- nishān, Like the heavens, high or vast as the heavens.
