قلعه
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian قلعه (qal'e), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).
Noun
قلعه • (kalʼa or kalʼe or kale)
Derived terms
- چناق قلعه (Çanak Kal'e)
Descendants
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1469
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | qal'a |
| Dari reading? | qal'a |
| Iranian reading? | ğal'e |
| Tajik reading? | qalʾa |
Noun
| Dari | قلعه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | қалъа |
قَلعه • (qal'e) (plural قَلعهها (qal'e-hâ) or قِلاع (qelâ'))
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: qala
- → Bashkir: ҡала (qala)
- → Bengali: কেল্লা (kella)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: қала (qala)
- → Kyrgyz: калаa (kalaa)
- → Marathi: किल्ला (killā)
- → Tajik: қалъа (qalʾa)
- → Tatar: кала (qala)
- → Turkmen: gala
- → Uzbek: qalʼa
- → Ottoman Turkish: قلعه (kalʼa, kalʼe)
- → Punjabi:
- → Uyghur: قەلئە (qel'e)
See also
| Chess pieces in Persian · مهرههای شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text) | |||||
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| شاه (šâh) | وزیر (vazir) | رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e) |
فیل (fil) | اسب (asb) | پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz) |