قلندر

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کلندر (kalandar, a rough, uncouth man).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.lan.dar/
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

قَلَنْدَر • (qalandarm

  1. qalandar

Declension

Declension of noun قَلَنْدَر (qalandar)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَلَنْدَر
qalandar
الْقَلَنْدَر
al-qalandar
قَلَنْدَر
qalandar
nominative قَلَنْدَرٌ
qalandarun
الْقَلَنْدَرُ
al-qalandaru
قَلَنْدَرُ
qalandaru
accusative قَلَنْدَرًا
qalandaran
الْقَلَنْدَرَ
al-qalandara
قَلَنْدَرَ
qalandara
genitive قَلَنْدَرٍ
qalandarin
الْقَلَنْدَرِ
al-qalandari
قَلَنْدَرِ
qalandari

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: qələndər
  • Persian: قلندر (qalandar)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قلندر (kalender)
  • Uyghur: قەلەندەر (qelender)
  • Uzbek: qalandar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar).

Noun

قلندر • (kalender) (plural قلندرلر (kalenderler) or قلندران (kalenderan))

  1. qalandar
  2. bohemian [from 19th c.]
  • قلندرخانه (kalenderhane)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kalender”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قلندر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 969b
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalender”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلندر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1471a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar), from Arabic قَلَنْدَر (qalandar), from Classical Persian کلندر (kalandar, a rough, uncouth man).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَلَنْدَر • (qalandarm (indeclinable, Hindi spelling क़लंदर)

  1. qalandar

References

  • قلندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قلندر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.