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қала

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See also: кала, ҡала, and каля

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic قالا
Cyrillic қала
Latin qala

Etymology

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Inherited from Kipchak [Term?], from Classical Persian قَلْعَه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَةٌ f (qalʕatun, a fortress, stronghold). Compare Armeno-Kipchak խալա (xala), Crimean Tatar qale, qala, qalğa; Azerbaijani qala, Turkish kale, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qɑ.lɑ/, [qɑ̝.ɫɑ̽]
  • Hyphenation: қа‧ла

Noun

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қала (qala) (nominative plural қалалар)

  1. city, town

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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