قالب

Arabic

Root
ق ل ب (q l b)
15 terms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ (/⁠*qālobīḏ⁠/, “last”), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, “last”), diminutive of καλόπους (kalópous, “last”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qaː.lab/, /qaː.lib/

Noun

قَالَب or قالِب • (qālab or qālib) m (plural قَوَالِب (qawālib))

form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
(computing) template; boilerplate

Declension

Declension of noun **قَالَب** (qālab)‎; **قالِب** (qālib)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَالَب‎; قالِب qālab‎; qālib	الْقَالَب‎; الْقالِب al-qālab‎; al-qālib	قَالَب‎; قالِب qālab‎; qālib
nominative	قَالَبٌ‎; قالِبٌ qālabun‎; qālibun	الْقَالَبُ‎; الْقالِبُ al-qālabu‎; al-qālibu	قَالَبُ‎; قالِبُ qālabu‎; qālibu
accusative	قَالَبًا‎; قالِبًا qālaban‎; qāliban	الْقَالَبَ‎; الْقالِبَ al-qālaba‎; al-qāliba	قَالَبَ‎; قالِبَ qālaba‎; qāliba
genitive	قَالَبٍ‎; قالِبٍ qālabin‎; qālibin	الْقَالَبِ‎; الْقالِبِ al-qālabi‎; al-qālibi	قَالَبِ‎; قالِبِ qālabi‎; qālibi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَالَبَيْن‎; قالِبَيْن qālabayn‎; qālibayn	الْقَالَبَيْن‎; الْقالِبَيْن al-qālabayn‎; al-qālibayn	قَالَبَيْ‎; قالِبَيْ qālabay‎; qālibay
nominative	قَالَبَانِ‎; قالِبَانِ qālabāni‎; qālibāni	الْقَالَبَانِ‎; الْقالِبَانِ al-qālabāni‎; al-qālibāni	قَالَبَا‎; قالِبَا qālabā‎; qālibā
accusative	قَالَبَيْنِ‎; قالِبَيْنِ qālabayni‎; qālibayni	الْقَالَبَيْنِ‎; الْقالِبَيْنِ al-qālabayni‎; al-qālibayni	قَالَبَيْ‎; قالِبَيْ qālabay‎; qālibay
genitive	قَالَبَيْنِ‎; قالِبَيْنِ qālabayni‎; qālibayni	الْقَالَبَيْنِ‎; الْقالِبَيْنِ al-qālabayni‎; al-qālibayni	قَالَبَيْ‎; قالِبَيْ qālabay‎; qālibay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَوَالِب qawālib	الْقَوَالِب al-qawālib	قَوَالِب qawālib
nominative	قَوَالِبُ qawālibu	الْقَوَالِبُ al-qawālibu	قَوَالِبُ qawālibu
accusative	قَوَالِبَ qawāliba	الْقَوَالِبَ al-qawāliba	قَوَالِبَ qawāliba
genitive	قَوَالِبَ qawāliba	الْقَوَالِبِ al-qawālibi	قَوَالِبِ qawālibi

Descendants

Maltese: qaleb
→ Azerbaijani: qəlib
→ Bashkir: ҡалып (qalıp)
→ Catalan: gàlib
→ French: calibre (see there for further descendants)
→ Kazakh: қалып (qalyp)
Kurdish:
→ Northern Kurdish: qalib

→ Central Kurdish: قاڵِب (qallib), قالِب (qalib)

→ Southern Kurdish: قاڵِب (qallib)
→ Medieval Latin: calibrum
→ Ottoman Turkish: قالب (kalıp)
- Turkish: kalıp
- → Armenian: ղալիբ (ġalib), ղալիպ (ġalip), կալիպ (kalip), խալիպ (xalip), կալըբ (kaləb)
- → Ladino: kalup
→ Persian: قالب (qâleb)
→ Russian: калы́пь (kalýpʹ), калы́бь (kalýbʹ), колы́пь (kolýpʹ), колы́бь (kolýbʹ) (via a Turkic language)
→ Spanish: gálibo
→ Classical Syriac: ܩܠܒܐ (qāləḇā)
→ Tatar: калып (qalıp)
→ Turkmen: galyp
→ Uyghur: قېلىپ (qëlip)
→ Uzbek: qolip

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قالب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 391
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 256
Freytag, Georg (1835) “قالب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 485
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قالب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 797
Wehr, Hans (1979) “قالب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 918
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قالب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1051

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ل ب
7 terms

Etymology

Arabic قَالِب (qālib).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaː.lib/, /ɡaː.lab/

Noun

قالب • (gālib or gālab) m (plural قَوَالِب (gawālib))

bakery pan, cake mold
form, mould, last

Participle

قالب • (gālib) (feminine قالبة (gālba), common plural قالبين (gālbīn))

active participle of قلب (galab, “to flip”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَالِب (qālib).

Noun

قالب • (kalıp, kalup) (plural قوالب (kavalıp))

form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
form, shape, arrangement something or someone has acquired
trick, device, feint

Derived terms

قالبلمق (kalıplamak, “to form, to mould”)

Descendants

Turkish: kalıp
→ Armenian: ղալիբ (ġalib), ղալիպ (ġalip), կալիպ (kalip), խալիպ (xalip), կալըբ (kaləb)
→ Ladino: kalup

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قالب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 3592

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَالِب (qālib). Doublet of (kâlbod).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaː.ˈlib/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.lɪ́b]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.lɪ́b]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.líb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.léb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.líb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qālib
Dari reading^?	qālib
Iranian reading^?	ġâleb
Tajik reading^?	qolib

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

قالب • (qâleb) (plural قالب‌ها)

mould
template
― qâleb-e vordpres ― WordPress template; WordPress theme
form, shape
šeytâni dar qâleb-e ferešte
a demon in the shape of an angel
body (as opposed to soul)
cake, block; counter for blocks of soap, cheese, etc.
― qâleb-e sâbun ― cake of soap

― qâleb-e panir ― block of cheese

Descendants

→ Gujarati: કાલિબ (kālib)