кале

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Bulgarian

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Останки от Рум кале (Изт. Турция)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kalʼa) (whence Modern Turkish kale), cognate with Persian کلات (stronghold), قلعه (fortress) and Arabic قلعة (fortress).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈlɛ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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кале́ (kalén

  1. (historical) qalat (defensive fort in the Middle East and Central Asia, typically built at inhospitable location)
  2. (colloquial) (ruins of) fortress, fortified place
    Synonyms: кре́пост (krépost), твърдина́ (tvǎrdiná)

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • хиса́р (hisár, hisar, castle) (fortification built at hospitable location, serving as a residence)

References

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  • кале”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кале”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kalʼa) (Turkish kale).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кале (kalen

  1. (historical) fortress

Declension

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkalʲe]
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈɫorʲɪje] (phonetic respelling: кало́рие)

Noun

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ка́ле (kálem inan

  1. prepositional singular of кал (kal)

калé (kalém inan

  1. kale