كل

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See also: گل and کل

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/

  • (file)

Noun

كُلّ (kullm

  1. each one, everyone
  2. each, every (with following indefinite noun in the genitive)
  3. whole, all (with following definite noun in the genitive)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Moroccan Arabic: كل (kull)
  • Bengali: কুল (kul)
  • Kazakh: күллі (küllı)
  • Khalaj: kull
  • Khalaj: kullı
  • Kurdish:
    Laki: کوِل (kwil)
  • Persian: کل (kol)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kul/

Verb

كُلْ (kul) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

كل (kollm

  1. 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)

  1. 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 (kullm

  1. 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)

  1. ringworm

Etymology 2

Noun

كل (gül)

  1. Alternative spelling of گل (rose)

Etymology 3

From Persian کل (kal).

Adjective

كل (kel)

  1. bald
Descendants

Etymology 4

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Noun

كل (kül)

  1. all, the whole (of something uncountable)
  2. every one (of something countable)
Descendants

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

Noun

كلّ (kullm

  1. whole, entirety
    كلّ اليومkull il-yōmthe whole day
    (file)
    كلّهمkullhomall of them
    (file)
    الكلّil-kulleveryone (literally, “the whole”)
    (file)

Determiner

كلّ (kull)

  1. (in an indefinite phrase) every, each
    كلّ يومkull yōmevery day
    (file)