كالون

Arabic

FWOTD – 13 September 2023

Alternative forms

كَيْلُون (kaylūn)

Etymology

An unclassical word, apparently applying the vulgar tool pattern فَاعُول (fāʕūl) to Ancient Greek χαλινός (khalinós, “bit; thong; part of the tackle of a ship; anything that restrains from the outer”). Also passed into Classical Syriac ܟܠܴܢܳܐ (klānā, “bar or bolt for fastening doors, sera”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaː.luːn/

Noun

كَالُون • (kālūn) m (plural كَوَالِين (kawālīn))

lock installed onto something; padlock
- 2017 January 22, “8 نَصَائِحَ لِحِمَايَةِ شَقَّتِكَ مِنَ ٱلسَّرِقَةِ .. تَعَرَّفْ عَلَيْهَا [8 naṣāʔiḥa liḥimāyati šaqqatika mina s-sariqati .. taʕarraf ʕalayhā, 8 advices for the security of your apartment from thieves … learn them]”, in Al-Maṣr Al-Yawm‎:
  4 ـ تَرْكِيبُ كَالُونِ أَمَانٍ وَعَدَمُ ٱلْاِعْتِمَادِ عَلَى كَالُونٍ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى بَابِ شَقَّتِكَ.
  4 - tarkību kālūni ʔamānin waʕadamu l-iʕtimādi ʕalā kālūnin wāḥidin ʕalā bābi šaqqatika.
  4. Installation of security locks and not relying onto a single lock on the door of your apartment.

Declension

Declension of noun كَالُون (kālūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَالُون kālūn	الْكَالُون al-kālūn	كَالُون kālūn
Nominative	كَالُونٌ kālūnun	الْكَالُونُ al-kālūnu	كَالُونُ kālūnu
Accusative	كَالُونًا kālūnan	الْكَالُونَ al-kālūna	كَالُونَ kālūna
Genitive	كَالُونٍ kālūnin	الْكَالُونِ al-kālūni	كَالُونِ kālūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَالُونَيْن kālūnayn	الْكَالُونَيْن al-kālūnayn	كَالُونَيْ kālūnay
Nominative	كَالُونَانِ kālūnāni	الْكَالُونَانِ al-kālūnāni	كَالُونَا kālūnā
Accusative	كَالُونَيْنِ kālūnayni	الْكَالُونَيْنِ al-kālūnayni	كَالُونَيْ kālūnay
Genitive	كَالُونَيْنِ kālūnayni	الْكَالُونَيْنِ al-kālūnayni	كَالُونَيْ kālūnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوَالِين kawālīn	الْكَوَالِين al-kawālīn	كَوَالِين kawālīn
Nominative	كَوَالِينُ kawālīnu	الْكَوَالِينُ al-kawālīnu	كَوَالِينُ kawālīnu
Accusative	كَوَالِينَ kawālīna	الْكَوَالِينَ al-kawālīna	كَوَالِينَ kawālīna
Genitive	كَوَالِينَ kawālīna	الْكَوَالِينِ al-kawālīni	كَوَالِينِ kawālīni

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كالون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 506
Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 50, page 634
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كالون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1079