کلید

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Dari کلید
Iranian Persian
Tajik калид

کِلید or کَلید (kelid or kalid) (plural کلیدها (kelid-hâ))

  1. key
  2. (music) clef
    کِلیدِ سُلkelid-e soltreble clef
    کِلیدِ فاkelid-e fâbass clef

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: kilid
  • Kazakh: кілт (kılt)
  • Northern Kurdish: kilîd
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلید (kilid), كلیت (kilit)
  • Uzbek: kalit

References

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