كلید

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • كلیت (kilit)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کلید (kelid), which ultimately derives from Ancient Greek κλειδῐ́ον (kleidĭ́on, little key).

Noun

كلید • (kilid) (definite accusative كلیدی (kilidi), plural كلیدلر (kilidler))

  1. lock, a device which requires a key to be opened
    Synonym: مغلاق (miğlak)
  2. latch, a fastening for a door consisting of a bar
    Synonyms: ماندال (mandal), مغلاق (miğlak)
  3. linchpin, a pin inserted through holes at the end of a shaft
  4. white patch on a horse's muzzle and lip
  5. key, especially a latchkey to an outside door
    Synonyms: (key) آناختار (anahtar), مفتاح (miftah)

Derived terms

  • آصمه كلید (asma kilid, padlock)
  • كلید آچمق (kilid açmak, to unlock a lock)
  • كلید دلی (kild dili, bolt of a lock)
  • كلید طوپی (kilid topu, knob of a latch)
  • كلید چرده‌سی (kilid perdesi, ward or guard of a lock)
  • كلیدجك (kilidcik, kind of wooden lock)
  • كلیدجی (kilidci, keymaker)
  • كلیدلتمك (kilidletmek, to let be locked)
  • كلیدلمك (kilidlemek, to lock)
  • كلیدلنمك (kilidlenmek, to be locked)
  • كلیدلو (kilidli, furnished with a lock)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kilit

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kilit”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2670
  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كلید”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 395a
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1036
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Clavis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 190
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلید”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 4007
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 44
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kilit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1567