کلید

Chagatai

Alternative forms

• 𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽶𐾀 (kylyt /⁠kilīd⁠/) — Old Uyghur script

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِلِید (kilīd).

Noun

کلید • (klyd /kilīd/)

1. key

   Synonyms: قفل (qfl /⁠qüfl⁠/), مفتاح (mftāḥ /⁠miftāh⁠/)

   • 1484, Ali-Shir Nava'i, فرهاد و شیرین [Farhad and Shirin], page 250b:

     اچیب اول کنج قفلین بو کلیدیم
     نصیبیم ایلا نی کیم بار امیدیم

     ʾčyb ʾwl knj qflyn bw klydym
     nṣybym ʾylā ny kym bār ʾmydym

     /ačıp ol gänj-i quflın bu kilīdim
     näsībim äylä ne kim bar ümīdim/

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Uyghur: كىلىت (kilit)
• Uzbek: kalit

Further reading

• Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎^[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN
• Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 633

Persian

Alternative forms

• کیلیت (kilit) (dialectal, Tehrani)
• کلیل (kelil) (dialectal, Dezfuli)
• کلی (kilī) (dialectal, Kabuli)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *kilēd, from Ancient Greek κλείς, κλειδός (kleís, kleidós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈliːd/, /ki.ˈliːd/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.liːd̪], [kʰɪ.liːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.liːd̪], [kʰɪ.liːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪ.liː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰi.li]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.liːd̪̥], [kʰʲe.liːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.liːd̪̥], [kʰʲe.liːd̪̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiː.liːt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lid̪]

• Rhymes: -iːd

Readings
Classical reading?	kalīd, kilīd
Dari reading?	kalīd, kilīd
Iranian reading?	kalid, kelid
Tajik reading?	kalid

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	کلید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	калид

کلید • (kalīd, kilīd / kalid, kelid) (plural کلیدها (kalīd-hā, kilīd-hā / kalid-hâ, kelid-hâ), Tajik spelling калид)

1. key
2. (music) clef

   کِلیدِ سُل ― kelid-e sol ― treble clef

   کِلیدِ فا ― kelid-e fâ ― bass clef

Derived terms

• صَفْحِه‌کِلید (safhe-kelid)

Descendants

• → Central Kurdish: کلیل (kilîl)
• → Chagatai: کلید (klyd), 𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽶𐾀 (kylyt /⁠kilīd⁠/) — Old Uyghur script
  • Uyghur: كىلىت (kilit)
  • Uzbek: kalit
• → Mazanderani: کلی (kli)
• → Northern Kurdish: kilîd
• → Karakhanid: كِرِتْ
• → Kazakh: кілт (kılt)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: كلید
  • Azerbaijani: kilid
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلید (kilid), كلیت (kilit)
    • Turkish: kilit
• → Turkmen: kilt
• → Yaghnobi: калит (kalit)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kilēl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press