قلعہ

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See also: قلعه, and قلعة

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Etymology

From Urdu قلعہ (qilah).

Pronunciation

Noun

قلعہ (qilla)

  1. fort

Urdu

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa)bor.
    Classical Persian قَلْعَه／قِلْعَه (qal'a)bor.
    Urdu قِلْعَہ (qil'a)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian قَلْعَه／قِلْعَه (qal'a), borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    قِلْعَہ • (qil'a) m (Hindi spelling क़िला)

    1. fort, fortress, castle
      Synonyms: کوٹ (koṭ), کوٹْلَہ (koṭla), حِصار (hisār), قَصْر (qasr)
    2. (chess) castle (rook)
    3. a type of firework which has firecrackers

    Declension

        Declension of قلعہ
    singular plural
    direct قِلْعَہ (qil'ah) قِلْعے (qil'e)
    oblique قِلْعے (qil'e) قِلْعوں (qil'õ)
    vocative قِلْعے (qil'e) قِلْعو (qil'o)

    Derived terms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: qila
    • → Shina: قلعہ (qilla)

    References

    1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “قلعه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

    Further reading

    • “قلعہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • “قلعہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قلعہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “قلعه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 889
    • John Shakespear (1834) “قلعه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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