كلید

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Ottoman Turkish

كلید

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کلید (kelid), which ultimately derives from Ancient Greek κλειδῐ́ον (kleidíon, little key).

Noun

كلید (kilid) (definite accusative كلیدی (kilidi), plural كلیدلر (kilidler))

  1. lock, a device which requires a key to be opened
    Synonym: مغلاق (miğlak)
  2. latch, a fastening for a door consisting of a bar
    Synonyms: ماندال (mandal), مغلاق (miğlak)
  3. linchpin, a pin inserted through holes at the end of a shaft
  4. white patch on a horse's muzzle and lip
  5. key, especially a latchkey to an outside door
    Synonyms: (key) آناختار (anahtar), مفتاح (miftah)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: kilit

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kilit”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2670
  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كلید”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 395a
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1036
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Clavis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 190
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلید”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4007
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 44
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kilit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1567