کلیجا

From Sanskrit कालेय (kāleya). Compare Bhojpuri 𑂍𑂩𑂵𑂔𑂰 (karejā), Magahi 𑂍𑂩𑂵𑂔 (karej), Assamese কলিজা (koliza), Marathi काळीज (kāḷīj), Bengali কল্জে, কলিজা (kolje, kolija).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.leː.d͡ʒɑː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /kə.leː.d͡ʒɑː/

کلیجا • (transliteration needed) m (Hindi spelling कलेजा)

1. (metaphorically) heart

   ‏اس کے پاس پتھر کا کلیجا ہے۔‎‎

   uske pās patthar kā kalejā hai

   He has a heart of stone.

   ‏تم میرے کلیجے کا ٹکڑا ہو۔‎‎

   tum mere kaleje kā ṭukṛā ho.

   You are very dear to my heart.

   (literally, “You are a piece of my heart.”)

2. (organ) liver

• While کلیجا‎ technically refers to the liver organ, it has various other meanings (heart, mind, courage, etc.) when commonly used.
• کلیجا‎ is usually applied to the liver of a human being; the feminine form کلیجی‎ being used for the liver of an animal.

• جگر‎ (jigar)

• کلیجی‎ (kalejī)

• “کلیجا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کلیجا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.