كل

See also: کل, کُل, گل, and گُل

Arabic

Etymology 1

    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

    IPA(key): /kull/

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    Noun

    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
    Declension of noun كُلّ (kull)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal كُلّ
    kull
    كُلّ
    kull
    nominative كُلٌّ
    kullun
    كُلُّ
    kullu
    accusative كُلًّا
    kullan
    كُلَّ
    kulla
    genitive كُلٍّ
    kullin
    كُلِّ
    kulli
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Moroccan Arabic: كل (kull)
    • Azerbaijani: küll
      • Armenian: քյուլ (kʻyul)
    • Bengali: কুল (kul)
    • Kazakh: күллі (küllı)
    • Khalaj: kull
    • Khalaj: kullı
    • Kurdish:
      Laki: کوِل (kwil)
    • Persian: کل (kol)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    كل (form I)

    1. كُلْ (kul) /kul/: second-person masculine singular imperative of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)
    2. كَلْ (kal) /kal/: second-person masculine singular imperative of أَكِلَ (ʔakila)

    Egyptian Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /koll/

    Pronoun

    كل • (kollm

    1. all

    Moroccan Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

    Pronunciation

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

    Determiner

    كلَّ or كلّْ • (kulla or kull)

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

    Pronoun

    كل • (kullm

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

    Inflection

    Inflection 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

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    كل • (kal)

    1. ringworm

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Classical Persian گل (gul), from late Middle Persian gwl (gul), from Old Persian *vr̥dah.

    Noun

    گل • (gül)

    1. rose
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    References

    Etymology 3

    From Persian کل (kal).

    Adjective

    كل • (kel)

    1. bald
      Synonyms: صاچسز (saçsız), طاز (taz), طازلاق (tazlak), قباق (kabak)
    Descendants

    Etymology 4

    From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

    Noun

    كل • (kül)

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

    References

    • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1032
    • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kül2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
    • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1559
    • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    كلّ • (kullm

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

    كلّ • (kull)

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