كالون
Arabic
FWOTD – 13 September 2023
Alternative forms
- كَيْلُون (kaylūn)
Etymology
An unclassical word, apparently applying the vulgar tool pattern فَاعُول (fāʕūl) to Ancient Greek χαλινός (khalinós, “bit; thong; part of the tackle of a ship; anything that restrains from the outer”). Also passed into Classical Syriac ܟܠܴܢܳܐ (klānā, “bar or bolt for fastening doors, sera”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaː.luːn/
Noun
كَالُون • (kālūn) m (plural كَوَالِين (kawālīn))
- lock installed onto something; padlock
- 2017 January 22, “8 نَصَائِحَ لِحِمَايَةِ شَقَّتِكَ مِنَ ٱلسَّرِقَةِ .. تَعَرَّفْ عَلَيْهَا [8 naṣāʔiḥa liḥimāyati šaqqatika mina s-sariqati .. taʕarraf ʕalayhā, 8 advices for the security of your apartment from thieves … learn them]”, in Al-Maṣr Al-Yawm[1]:
- 4 ـ تَرْكِيبُ كَالُونِ أَمَانٍ وَعَدَمُ ٱلْاِعْتِمَادِ عَلَى كَالُونٍ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى بَابِ شَقَّتِكَ.
- 4 - tarkību kālūni ʔamānin waʕadamu l-iʕtimādi ʕalā kālūnin wāḥidin ʕalā bābi šaqqatika.
- 4. Installation of security locks and not relying onto a single lock on the door of your apartment.
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كَالُون kālūn |
الْكَالُون al-kālūn |
كَالُون kālūn |
| nominative | كَالُونٌ kālūnun |
الْكَالُونُ al-kālūnu |
كَالُونُ kālūnu |
| accusative | كَالُونًا kālūnan |
الْكَالُونَ al-kālūna |
كَالُونَ kālūna |
| genitive | كَالُونٍ kālūnin |
الْكَالُونِ al-kālūni |
كَالُونِ kālūni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | كَالُونَيْن kālūnayn |
الْكَالُونَيْن al-kālūnayn |
كَالُونَيْ kālūnay |
| nominative | كَالُونَانِ kālūnāni |
الْكَالُونَانِ al-kālūnāni |
كَالُونَا kālūnā |
| accusative | كَالُونَيْنِ kālūnayni |
الْكَالُونَيْنِ al-kālūnayni |
كَالُونَيْ kālūnay |
| genitive | كَالُونَيْنِ kālūnayni |
الْكَالُونَيْنِ al-kālūnayni |
كَالُونَيْ kālūnay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كَوَالِين kawālīn |
الْكَوَالِين al-kawālīn |
كَوَالِين kawālīn |
| nominative | كَوَالِينُ kawālīnu |
الْكَوَالِينُ al-kawālīnu |
كَوَالِينُ kawālīnu |
| accusative | كَوَالِينَ kawālīna |
الْكَوَالِينَ al-kawālīna |
كَوَالِينَ kawālīna |
| genitive | كَوَالِينَ kawālīna |
الْكَوَالِينِ al-kawālīni |
كَوَالِينِ kawālīni |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كالون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 506
- Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[3] (in German), volume 50, page 634
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كالون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1079