قالب

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Arabic

Root
ق ل ب (q-l-b)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ (/⁠*qālobīḏ⁠/, last), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, last), diminutive of καλόπους (kalópous, last), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, wood) and πούς (poús, foot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.lab/, /qaː.lib/

Noun

قَالَب or قالِب (qālab or qālibm (plural قَوَالِب (qawālib))

  1. form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
  2. (computing) template; boilerplate

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قالب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 391
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 256
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قالب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 485
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قالب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 797
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قالب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 918
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قالب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1051

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ل ب
6 terms

Etymology

Arabic قَالِب (qālib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaː.lib/, /ɡaː.lab/

Noun

قالب (gālib or gālabm (plural قَوَالِب (gawālib))

  1. bakery pan, cake mold
  2. form, mould, last

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَالِب (qālib).

Noun

قالب (kalıp, kalup) (plural قوالب (kavalıp))

  1. form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
  2. form, shape, arrangement something or someone has acquired
  3. trick, device, feint

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قالب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3592

Persian

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Etymology

From Arabic قَالِب (qālib). Doublet of کالبد (kâlbod).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qāliḇ
Dari reading? qālib
Iranian reading? ğâleb
Tajik reading? qolib

Noun

قالب (qâleb) (plural قالب‌ها (qâleb-hâ))

  1. mould
  2. template
    قالب وردپرسqâleb-e vordpresWordPress template; WordPress theme
  3. form, shape
    شیطانی در قالب فرشتهšeytâni dar qâleb-e fereštea demon in the shape of an angel
  4. body (as opposed to soul)
  5. cake, block; counter for blocks of soap, cheese, etc.
    قالب صابونqâleb-e sâbuncake of soap
    قالب پنیرqâleb-e panirblock of cheese

Descendants