كله
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Probably from Northern Kurdish gule. See Arabic كُلَّة (gulla, “cannonball”) and Persian گلپر (golpar, “hogweed”) for more information.
Alternative forms
- گوله (gülle), گولله (gülle)
Noun
گله • (gülle)
- cannonball
- Coordinate term: طوپ (top)
Descendants
- Turkish: gülle
- → Armenian: գյուլլա (gyulla)
- → Bulgarian: гюле (gjule)
- → Macedonian: ѓуле (ǵule)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Etymology 2
Noun
كله • (kele)
- alternative form of كلله (kelle, “head; piece of food”)