كل

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See also: گل and کل

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Akkadian 𒆕𒀀𒁉 (kalûm), Ge'ez ኵል (kʷəll), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎍 (kl), Phoenician 𐤊𐤋 (kl), Classical Syriac ܟܾܠ (kul). From Proto-Semitic *kʷall- or Proto-Semitic *kull-, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔa-kʷall-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /kull/

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

كُلّ (kullm

  1. each one, everyone
  2. each, every (with following indefinite noun in the genitive)
  3. whole, all (with following definite noun in the genitive)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Moroccan Arabic: كل (kull)
  • Bengali: কুল (kul)
  • Kazakh: күллі (küllı)
  • Khalaj: kull
  • Khalaj: kullı
  • Kurdish:
    Laki: کوِل (kwil)
  • Persian: کل (kol)

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /kul/

Verb[edit]

كُلْ (kul) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

كل (kollm

  1. all

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (determiner) IPA(key): /kul.la/, /kulː/
  • (pronoun) IPA(key): /kulː/

Determiner[edit]

كلَّ or كلّْ (kulla or kull)

  1. each, every (with following indefinite noun)
    كل مواطن عنده الحق يصوت.
    kulla muwāṭin ʕandu l-ḥaqq yṣawwat
    Every citizen has the right to vote.

Pronoun[edit]

كل (kullm

  1. whole, all (attached to an object pronoun after following definite noun)
    Synonyms: كامل (kāmil), كاع (gāʕ)
    وكلت الناس كلها فالعرس.
    wakkalt en-nās kullha f-el-ʕurs
    I've fed all the people in the wedding.

Inflection[edit]

Inflected forms of كل
Base form كل (kull)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person كلي (kulli) كلنا (kullna)
2nd person كلك (kullek) كلك (kullki) كلكم (kullkum)
3rd person كله (kullu) كلها (kullha) كلهم (kullhum)

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

كل (kal)

  1. ringworm

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

كل (gül)

  1. Alternative spelling of گل (rose)

Etymology 3[edit]

From Persian کل (kal).

Adjective[edit]

كل (kel)

  1. bald
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Noun[edit]

كل (kül)

  1. all, the whole (of something uncountable)
  2. every one (of something countable)
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

كلّ (kullm

  1. whole, entirety
    كلّ اليومkull il-yōmthe whole day
    (file)
    كلّهمkullhomall of them
    (file)
    الكلّil-kulleveryone (literally, “the whole”)
    (file)

Determiner[edit]

كلّ (kull)

  1. (in an indefinite phrase) every, each
    كلّ يومkull yōmevery day
    (file)