كلاب

See also: کلاب and گلاب

Arabic

Root
ك ل ب (k l b)
4 terms

Etymology 1

From كَلْب (kalb, “dog”) in the sense of “a predatory animal”, “a dog or a falcon”, connected especially to canine teeth or claws; “to pierce”, as well as the conception of “hunting or catching food”, “a tool or aid in acquiring food”. The sense of a clamp is borrowed from Aramaic ܟܰܠܒܬ݂ܳܐ (kalbṯā, “tongs, pincers; metal device used to hold something”) which also developed from the proto-Semitic sense of a claw, while the sense of a “hook” is attested in the construct state and hence reckoned an Aramaism after Classical Mandaic ࡊࡅࡋࡀࡁ (kulab, “hook”), in other dialects absolute ܟܽܘܠܒܶܐ (kulbā, “axe”), likewise suspected to constitute a foreign influence, see it.

Alternative forms

• كُلَّابَة (kullāba), كَلَّابَة (kallāba)

Noun

كُلَّاب or كَلَّاب • (kullāb or kallāb) m (plural كَلَالِيب (kalālīb))

1. pike pole, gaff
2. hook
   1. fishhook
   2. tenterhook
   3. grapple, grapnel
   4. fleshhook
   5. billhook, pruning-hook
      • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 7, Art. 35, page 405:

        ويحتاج [الزعرور] إلى التسبيخ كل سنة وقد يسبخ الشجر كله ويخفف ورقها عنها بكلاب حديد مصفى حاد ماض فإن الحديد إذا دخل شيء من صدأه بعض أغصانها لهلكها وأبطلها […]

        [The azarole] needs to be plucked every year (and the whole tree may be plucked), trimming its leaves with a sharp iron hook, such as when the iron enters some rust it razes and fordoes it. […]

3. clamp
4. spur
5. talons, especially of a falcon
6. thorns

Declension

Declension of noun كُلَّاب (kullāb); كَلَّاب (kallāb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كُلَّاب; كَلَّاب kullāb; kallāb	الْكُلَّاب; الْكَلَّاب al-kullāb; al-kallāb	كُلَّاب; كَلَّاب kullāb; kallāb
nominative	كُلَّابٌ; كَلَّابٌ kullābun; kallābun	الْكُلَّابُ; الْكَلَّابُ al-kullābu; al-kallābu	كُلَّابُ; كَلَّابُ kullābu; kallābu
accusative	كُلَّابًا; كَلَّابًا kullāban; kallāban	الْكُلَّابَ; الْكَلَّابَ al-kullāba; al-kallāba	كُلَّابَ; كَلَّابَ kullāba; kallāba
genitive	كُلَّابٍ; كَلَّابٍ kullābin; kallābin	الْكُلَّابِ; الْكَلَّابِ al-kullābi; al-kallābi	كُلَّابِ; كَلَّابِ kullābi; kallābi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كُلَّابَيْن; كَلَّابَيْن kullābayn; kallābayn	الْكُلَّابَيْن; الْكَلَّابَيْن al-kullābayn; al-kallābayn	كُلَّابَيْ; كَلَّابَيْ kullābay; kallābay
nominative	كُلَّابَانِ; كَلَّابَانِ kullābāni; kallābāni	الْكُلَّابَانِ; الْكَلَّابَانِ al-kullābāni; al-kallābāni	كُلَّابَا; كَلَّابَا kullābā; kallābā
accusative	كُلَّابَيْنِ; كَلَّابَيْنِ kullābayni; kallābayni	الْكُلَّابَيْنِ; الْكَلَّابَيْنِ al-kullābayni; al-kallābayni	كُلَّابَيْ; كَلَّابَيْ kullābay; kallābay
genitive	كُلَّابَيْنِ; كَلَّابَيْنِ kullābayni; kallābayni	الْكُلَّابَيْنِ; الْكَلَّابَيْنِ al-kullābayni; al-kallābayni	كُلَّابَيْ; كَلَّابَيْ kullābay; kallābay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَلَالِيب kalālīb	الْكَلَالِيب al-kalālīb	كَلَالِيب kalālīb
nominative	كَلَالِيبُ kalālību	الْكَلَالِيبُ al-kalālību	كَلَالِيبُ kalālību
accusative	كَلَالِيبَ kalālība	الْكَلَالِيبَ al-kalālība	كَلَالِيبَ kalālība
genitive	كَلَالِيبَ kalālība	الْكَلَالِيبِ al-kalālībi	كَلَالِيبِ kalālībi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.laːb/

Noun

كِلَاب • (kilāb) m pl

1. plural of كَلْب (kalb, “dog”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb), a compound of گُل (gul, “rose”) +‎ آب (āb, “water”). By surface analysis, گل (gül) +‎ آب (âb).

Noun

گلاب • (gülâb)

1. rosewater, a liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water

Derived terms

• گلابدان (gülabdan, “flask for holding rosewater”)
• گلابی (gülabi, “rose colored, pink”)
• گلابیه (gülabiye, “kind of cake”)

Descendants

• Turkish: gülab
• → Armenian: կիւլապ (kiwlap)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “gülab”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1794
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “gülâb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 354
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كلاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1033
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كلاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3989
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كلاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1562