قلعه

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See also: قلعہ and قلعة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian قلعه (qal'e), from Arabic قَلْعَة‎ (qalʕa).

Noun

قلعه • (kal'e)

  1. fortress
  2. castle

Descendants

  • Turkish: kale
  • → Albanian: kala

Persian

Etymology

Reborrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa), from Persian کلات (kalât, “fortress”). Akin to Mazanderani کلا (kalâ, “borough”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Classical Persian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /qælˈʔæ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IR" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ɢælˈʔe]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "colloquial" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ɢæːˈle]

Noun

قلعه • (qal'e) (plural قلعه‌ها (qal'e-hâ) or قلاع (qelâ'))

  1. fortress, castle, stronghold
  2. (chess) rook

Synonyms

Descendants

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
شاه (šâh) وزیر (vazir) رخ (rox),
قلعه (qal'e) 		فیل (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده (piyâde),
سرباز (sarbâz)
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