كلية

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See also: كلیه, کلیه, and کلیہ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of كُلّ (kull, all, totality, everyone, everything) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya), literal translation of Latin ūniversitās.

Pronunciation

Noun

كُلِّيَّة (kulliyyaf (plural كُلِّيَّات (kulliyyāt))

  1. college, academy, school, secondary school
  2. faculty, school (of a university)
  3. (in the plural) complete works of an author
  4. (philosophy) predicate, conception
  5. totality, entirety
  6. completeness, fullness, wholeness
  7. universality, generality
  8. integrity
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: külliyyə
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلیه (külliye)
  • Persian: کلیه (kolliyye)

(via plural كُلِّيَّات (kulliyyāt)):

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew כִּלְיָה (kilyá, kidney), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎍𐎊𐎚 (klyt), Aramaic כּוֹלִיתָא (kōlīṯā) (plural: כּוֹלְיָתָא (kōləyāṯā)).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

كُلْيَة (kulyaf (dual كُلْيَتَان (kulyatān), plural كُلًى (kulan) or كُلْيَات (kulyāt))

  1. (anatomy) kidney
  2. waterworks
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Descendants

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic كُلْيَة (kulya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klij.ja/
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Noun

كلية (kliyyaf (plural كلاوي (klāwi))

  1. kidney
    Synonym: كلوة (kalwa)

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

كلية (kulliyyaf (plural كليات (kulliyyāt))

  1. faculty, school (of a university)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic كُلْوَة (kulwa).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

كلية (kilyef (plural كلاوي (kalāwi))

  1. kidney

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

كليّة (kulliyyef (plural كليات (kulliyyāt))

  1. college, school of a university