کلید

Persian

Alternative forms

کیلیت (kilit) (dialectal, Tehrani)
کلیل (kelil) (dialectal, Dezfuli)
کلی (kilī) (dialectal, Kabuli)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *kilēd, from Ancient Greek κλείς, κλειδός (kleís, kleidós).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈliːd/, /ki.ˈliːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.liːd̪], [kʰɪ.liːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪ.liː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰi.li]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.liːd̪̥], [kʰʲe.liːd̪̥]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiː.liːt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lid̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kalīd, kilīd
Dari reading^?	kalīd, kilīd
Iranian reading^?	kalid, kelid
Tajik reading^?	kalid

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	کلید
Dari	کلید
Tajik	калид

کِلید or کَلید • (kelid or kalid) (plural کلیدها)

key
(music) clef
― kelid-e sol ― treble clef

― kelid-e fâ ― bass clef

Derived terms

صَفْحِه‌کِلید (safhe-kelid)

Descendants

→ Yagnobi: калит (kalit)
→ Mazanderani: کلی (kli)
→ Central Kurdish: کلیل (kilîl)
→ Northern Kurdish: kilîd
→ Azerbaijani: kilid
→ Kazakh: кілт (kılt)
→ Ottoman Turkish: كلید (kilid), كلیت (kilit)
- Turkish: kilit
→ Uzbek: kalit

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kilēl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press