کلاف

Persian

Alternative forms
  • کلافه (kalâfe), کلاوه (kalâve), کلابه (kalâbe), کلاب (kalâb)

Etymology

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Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːf]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːf]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰä.lɔ́ːf]

Readings
Classical reading? kalāf
Dari reading? kalāf
Iranian reading? kalâf
Tajik reading? kalof

Noun
Dari کلاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik калоф

کلاف • (kalâf)

  1. clew, a ball of thread
  2. weasel, reel

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كلب (kelep), كلبه (kelebe), كلوه (keleve)

References
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کلابه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 859
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کلافه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 861
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