کلاف

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /kaˈlɔf/

Noun

Dari کلاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik калоф (kalof)

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, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, 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, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 861
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