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Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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kalāf
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| Dari reading?
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kalāf
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| Iranian reading?
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kalâf
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| Tajik reading?
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kalof
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Noun
| Dari
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کلاف
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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калоф
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کلاف • (kalâf)
- clew, a ball of thread
- weasel, reel
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: كلب (kelep), كلبه (kelebe), كلوه (keleve)
References
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کلابه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 859
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کلافه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 861