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Arabic
Etymology 1
Compare Akkadian 𒆕𒀀𒁉 ( kalûm ) , Ge'ez ኵል ( kʷəll ) , Ugaritic 𐎋𐎍 ( kl ) , Phoenician 𐤊𐤋 ( kl ) , Classical Syriac ܟܾܠ ( kul ) . From Proto-Semitic *kʷall- or Proto-Semitic *kull- , ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔa-kʷall- . ( Can this (+ ) etymology be sourced ?)
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kull/
Noun
كُلّ • (kull ) m
each one , everyone
each , every ( with following indefinite noun in the genitive )
whole , all ( with following definite noun in the genitive )
Declension
Declension of noun كُلّ (kull )
Singular
basic singular triptote
Indefinite
Definite
Construct
Informal
كُلّ kull
—
كُلّ kull
Nominative
كُلٌّ kullun
—
كُلُّ kullu
Accusative
كُلًّا kullan
—
كُلَّ kulla
Genitive
كُلٍّ kullin
—
كُلِّ kulli
Derived terms
كُلَّمَا ( kullamā , “ every time, whenever ” , conjunction )
Descendants
Moroccan Arabic: كل ( kull )
→ Bengali: কুল ( kul )
→ Kazakh: күллі ( küllı )
→ Khalaj: kull
⇒ → Khalaj: kullı
Kurdish:
→ Laki: کوِل ( kwil )
→ Persian: کل ( kol )
Etymology 2
Verb
كل (form I )
كُلْ ( kul ) /kul/ : second-person masculine singular imperative of أَكَلَ ( ʔakala )
كَلْ ( kal ) /kal/ : second-person masculine singular imperative of أَكِلَ ( ʔakila )
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كُلّ ( kull ) .
Pronunciation
Pronoun
كل • (koll ) m
all
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كُلّ ( kull ) .
Pronunciation
( determiner ) IPA (key ) : /kul.la/ , /kulː/
( pronoun ) IPA (key ) : /kulː/
Determiner
كلَّ or كلّْ • (kulla or kull )
each , every (with following indefinite noun)
كل مواطن عنده الحق يصوت. ― kulla muwāṭin ʕandu l-ḥaqq yṣawwat ― Every citizen has the right to vote.
Pronoun
كل • (kull ) m
whole , all (attached to an object pronoun after following definite noun)
Synonyms: كامل ( kāmil ) , كاع ( gāʕ )
وكلت الناس كلها فالعرس. ― wakkalt en-nās kullha f-el-ʕurs ― I've fed all the people in the wedding.
Inflection
Inflected forms of كل
Base form
كل ( kull )
Personal-pronoun- including forms
singular
plural
m
f
1st person
كلي ( kulli )
كلنا ( kullna )
2nd person
كلك ( kullek )
كلك ( kullki )
كلكم ( kullkum )
3rd person
كله ( kullu )
كلها ( kullha )
كلهم ( kullhum )
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Noun
كل • (kal )
ringworm
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian گل ( gul ) , from late Middle Persian gwl ( gul ) , from Old Persian *vr̥dah .
Noun
گل • (gül )
rose
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
From Persian کل ( kal ) .
Adjective
كل • (kel )
bald
Synonyms: صاچسز ( saçsız ) , طاز ( taz ) , طازلاق ( tazlak ) , قباق ( kabak )
Descendants
Turkish: kel
→ Bulgarian: кел ( kel )
→ Macedonian: ќелав ( ḱelav )
→ Romanian: chel
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ће̏лав
Latin script: ćȅlav
Etymology 4
From Arabic كُلّ ( kull ) .
Noun
كل • (kül )
all, the whole (of something uncountable)
every one (of something countable)
Descendants
References
Kélékian, Diran (1911 ) “كل ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français , Constantinople: Mihran, page 1032
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002– ) “kül2 ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890 ) “كل ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon , Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1559
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013 ), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English , 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic كُلّ ( kull ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
كلّ • (kull ) m
whole , entirety
كلّ اليوم ― kull il-yōm ― the whole day
كلّ هم ― kull hom ― all of them
الكلّ ― il-kull ― everyone (literally, “the whole ”)
Determiner
كلّ • (kull )
( in an indefinite phrase ) every , each
كلّ يوم ― kull yōm ― every day