قلعه

See also: قلعہ and قلعة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

قلعه • (kalʼa or kalʼe) (definite accusative قلعه‌یی (kalʼeyi), plural قلاع (kılâʼ))

  1. fortress, stronghold, citadel, castle, a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town
    Synonyms: حصار (hisar), حصن (hısn), دز (diz), قسطل (kastel), كرمان (kerman)
  2. (military) square, a body of troops drawn up in a square formation, used in combat by infantry units

Derived terms

  • آش قلعه (aş kalʼe, “Aşkale, a district in Turkey”)
  • ایچ قلعه (iç kalʼe, “the keep of a fortress”)
  • باش قلعه (baş kalʼe, “Başkale, a district in Turkey”)
  • بوغاز قلعه (boğaz kalʼe, “Boğazkale, a district in Turkey”)
  • طوپراق قلعه (toprak kalʼe, “Toprakkale, a district in Turkey”)
  • قریق قلعه (kırık kalʼe, “Kırıkkale, a city and province in Turkey”)
  • قلعه آغاسی (kalʼe ağası, “castellan”)
  • قلعه آلتی (kalʼe altı, “esplanade outside a castle”)
  • قلعه اولمق (kalʼe olmak, “for troops, to be formed in a square”)
  • قلعه ایتمك (kalʼe etmek, “to form troops into a square”)
  • قلعه برجی (kalʼe burcu, “tower of a castle”)
  • قلعه بند (kalʼe bend, “confined in a fortress”)
  • قلعه دیواری (kalʼe duvarı, “rampart”)
  • قلعه سپری (kalʼe seperi, “parapet of a fort”)
  • قلعه طوپی (kalʼe topu, “heavy gun placed on forts”)
  • قلعه كبی (kalʼe gibi, “as firm as a castle”)
  • قلعه میدانی (kalʼe meydanı, “terreplein”)
  • قلعه‌دار (kalʼedar, “castellan”)
  • قوم قلعه (kum kalʼe, “Kumkale, a village in Çanakkale district”)
  • پاموق قلعه (pamuk kalʼe, “Pamukkale, a district in Turkey”)
  • چناق قلعه (çanak kalʼe, “Çanakkale, a city and province in Turkey”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kale
  • → Albanian: kala
  • → Armenian: խալէ (xalē), ղալա (ġala), կալա (kala)
  • → Bulgarian: кале́ (kalé)
  • → Macedonian: кале (kale)
  • → Ubykh: ӄ'ала (q̣ala)

Proper noun

قلعه • (kalʼe)

  1. Kale (a town and district of Denizli Province, Turkey)
    Synonym: قلعهٔ طواس (kalʼe-i tavas) (historical)
  2. Kale (a town and district of Malatya Province, Turkey)
    Synonym: آشاغی مستیكان (aşağı mestikân) (historical)
  3. (now historical) synonym of دمره (demre)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa)bor.
    Persian قلعه

    Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? qal'a
    Dari reading? qal'a
    Iranian reading? ġal'e
    Tajik reading? qal'a

    Noun

    قلعه • (qal'a / ġal'e) (plural قلعه‌ها (qal'a-hā / ġal'e-hâ), or قلاع (qilā' / ġelâ'), Tajik spelling қалъа)

    1. castle
      Synonym: قصر (qasr / ġasr)
    2. fortress, stronghold
      Synonym: دژ (diž / dež)
    3. citadel
      Synonym: ارگ (arg)
    4. (chess) castle (rook)
      Synonym: رخ (rux / rox)

    Descendants

    See also

    Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
    شاه (šâh) وزیر (vazir),
    فرزین (farzin)     		رخ (rox),
    قلعه (qal'e)     		فیل (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده (piyâde),
    سرباز (sarbâz)
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.