کله

See also: كلة and گله

Khalaj

Adjective

کُله (kula)

Arabic spelling of kula (“short”)

Mazanderani

Pronunciation 1

(Central, Amol, Nur, Nowshahr) IPA^(key): /kɐlɐ/

Noun

کله (kala)

hearth

Pronunciation 2

(Central, Sari) IPA^(key): /kɛlɐ/ ?

Noun

کله (kele)

ditch, canal

Pronunciation 3

(Central) IPA^(key): /kɤlɐ/

Noun

کله (këla)

small; young (of animals)

Pashto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkəla/

Adverb

کله • (kəla)

when

References

Pashtoon, Z. A. (2009:587). Pashto-English Dictionary. Dunwoody Press.

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kalā-, *kallā-, *kālā- (“head”), probably from a continuum of sound-symbolic Iranian words denoting round objects of unknown further origin.^[1] Note, however, phonetic and semantic similarities to Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ (“head”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kal.ˈla/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæl.lé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kalla
Dari reading^?	kalla
Iranian reading^?	kalle
Tajik reading^?	kalla

Noun

کله • (kalle)

head
Synonym: سر (sar)
top, upper part
Synonyms: سر (sar), نوک (nuk)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: kəllə
→ Gujarati: કલ્લા (kallā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: كلله (kalle, kelle)
> Turkish: kelle (inherited)
→ Uyghur: كاللا (kalla)
→ Turkmen: kelle
→ Bengali: কল্লা (kolla)

References

^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 189

[1] Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 189

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