كلیه

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See also: كلية, کلیه, and کلیہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كُلْيَة (kulya).

Noun

كلیه (külye)

  1. kidney, the organ in the body that filters the blood
    Synonyms: بوبرك (böbrek), گرده (gürde)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1037
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ren”, 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 1461
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1570

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya).

Noun

كلیه (külliye) (plural كلیات)

  1. totality, entirety, the whole
Descendants
  • Turkish: külliye

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “külliye2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2890
  • Kieffer & Bianchi (1837), Dictionnaire turc-français, volume 2, page 632
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Totalitas”, 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 1682