کلته

Persian

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Old English healt.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

کلته • (kalte)[1]

  1. (obsolete) stunted, lame

Descendants

  • → Kazakh: келте (kelte, “short”)
  • → Kyrgyz: келте (kelte, “short”)
  • → Karakalpak: кескелдек (“lizard”)
  • →⇒ Old Anatolian Turkish: كلته كلر (kelte keler, “lizard”)
  • →⇒ Uzbek: kaltakesak
  • → Tatar: кәлтә елан (kältä yelan, “lizard”)

References

  1. ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کلته”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
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