قالب

Arabic

Root
ق ل ب (q-l-b)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ (/⁠*qālobīḏ⁠/, “last”), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, “last”), diminutive of καλόπους (kalópous, “last”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.lab/, /qaː.lib/

Noun

قَالَب or قالِب • (qālab or qālib) m (plural قَوَالِب (qawālib))

1. form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
2. (computing) template; boilerplate

Declension

Declension of noun قَالَب (qālab)‎; قالِب (qālib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَالَب‎; قالِب qālab‎; qālib	الْقَالَب‎; الْقالِب al-qālab‎; al-qālib	قَالَب‎; قالِب qālab‎; qālib
Nominative	قَالَبٌ‎; قالِبٌ qālabun‎; qālibun	الْقَالَبُ‎; الْقالِبُ al-qālabu‎; al-qālibu	قَالَبُ‎; قالِبُ qālabu‎; qālibu
Accusative	قَالَبًا‎; قالِبًا qālaban‎; qāliban	الْقَالَبَ‎; الْقالِبَ al-qālaba‎; al-qāliba	قَالَبَ‎; قالِبَ qālaba‎; qāliba
Genitive	قَالَبٍ‎; قالِبٍ qālabin‎; qālibin	الْقَالَبِ‎; الْقالِبِ al-qālabi‎; al-qālibi	قَالَبِ‎; قالِبِ qālabi‎; qālibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَالَبَيْن‎; قالِبَيْن qālabayn‎; qālibayn	الْقَالَبَيْن‎; الْقالِبَيْن al-qālabayn‎; al-qālibayn	قَالَبَيْ‎; قالِبَيْ qālabay‎; qālibay
Nominative	قَالَبَانِ‎; قالِبَانِ qālabāni‎; qālibāni	الْقَالَبَانِ‎; الْقالِبَانِ al-qālabāni‎; al-qālibāni	قَالَبَا‎; قالِبَا qālabā‎; qālibā
Accusative	قَالَبَيْنِ‎; قالِبَيْنِ qālabayni‎; qālibayni	الْقَالَبَيْنِ‎; الْقالِبَيْنِ al-qālabayni‎; al-qālibayni	قَالَبَيْ‎; قالِبَيْ qālabay‎; qālibay
Genitive	قَالَبَيْنِ‎; قالِبَيْنِ qālabayni‎; qālibayni	الْقَالَبَيْنِ‎; الْقالِبَيْنِ al-qālabayni‎; al-qālibayni	قَالَبَيْ‎; قالِبَيْ qālabay‎; qālibay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَالِب qawālib	الْقَوَالِب al-qawālib	قَوَالِب qawālib
Nominative	قَوَالِبُ qawālibu	الْقَوَالِبُ al-qawālibu	قَوَالِبُ qawālibu
Accusative	قَوَالِبَ qawāliba	الْقَوَالِبَ al-qawāliba	قَوَالِبَ qawāliba
Genitive	قَوَالِبَ qawāliba	الْقَوَالِبِ al-qawālibi	قَوَالِبِ qawālibi

Descendants

• Maltese: qaleb
• → Azerbaijani: qəlib
• → Bashkir: ҡалып (qalıp)
• → Catalan: gàlib
• → French: calibre (see there for further descendants)
• → Kazakh: қалып (qalyp),
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: qalib

  → Central Kurdish: قاڵِب (qallib), قالِب (qalib)

  → Southern Kurdish: قاڵِب (qallib)

• → Medieval Latin: calibrum
• → Ottoman Turkish: قالب (kalıp)
  • Turkish: kalıp
  • → Armenian: ղալիբ (ġalib), ղալիպ (ġalip), կալիպ (kalip), խալիպ (xalip), կալըբ (kaləb)
  • → Ladino: kalup
• → Persian: قالب (qâleb)
• → Russian: калы́пь (kalýpʹ), калы́бь (kalýbʹ), колы́пь (kolýpʹ), колы́бь (kolýbʹ) (via a Turkic language)
• → Spanish: gálibo
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܠܒܐ (qāləḇā)
• → Tatar: калып (qalıp)
• → Uyghur: قېلىپ (qëlip),
• → Uzbek: qolip

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قالب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 391
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 256
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قالب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 485
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قالب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 797
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قالب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 918
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قالب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1051

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ل ب
6 terms

Etymology

Arabic قَالِب (qālib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaː.lib/, /ɡaː.lab/

Noun

قالب • (gālib or gālab) m (plural قَوَالِب (gawālib))

1. bakery pan, cake mold
2. form, mould, last

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَالِب (qālib).

Noun

قالب • (kalıp, kalup) (plural قوالب (kavalıp))

1. form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
2. form, shape, arrangement something or someone has acquired
3. trick, device, feint

Derived terms

• قالبلمق (kalıplamak, “to form, to mould”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kalıp
• → Armenian: ղալիբ (ġalib), ղալիպ (ġalip), կալիպ (kalip), խալիպ (xalip), կալըբ (kaləb)
• → Ladino: kalup

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قالب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 3592

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَالِب (qālib). Doublet of کالبد (kâlbod).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ˈliβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.lɪ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.lɪ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.lɪ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.líb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.léb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.líb]

Readings
Classical reading?	qāliḇ
Dari reading?	qālib
Iranian reading?	ğâleb
Tajik reading?	qolib

Noun

قالب • (qâleb) (plural قالب‌ها (qâleb-hâ))

1. mould
2. template

   قالب وردپرس ― qâleb-e vordpres ― WordPress template; WordPress theme

3. form, shape

   شیطانی در قالب فرشته ― šeytâni dar qâleb-e ferešte ― a demon in the shape of an angel

4. body (as opposed to soul)
5. cake, block; counter for blocks of soap, cheese, etc.

   قالب صابون ― qâleb-e sâbun ― cake of soap

   قالب پنیر ― qâleb-e panir ― block of cheese

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કાલિબ (kālib)