قلعه

See also: قلعہ and قلعة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قلعه (qal'e), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

Noun

قلعه • (kalʼa or kalʼe or kale)

  1. fortress
  2. castle
  3. (military) square (body of troops drawn up in a square formation)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Turkish: kale
  • → Albanian: kala

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qäl.ʔǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qä.lɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qä.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? qal'a
Dari reading? qal'a
Iranian reading? ğal'e
Tajik reading? qalʾa

Noun
Dari قلعه
Iranian Persian
Tajik қалъа

قَلعه • (qal'e) (plural قَلعه‌ها (qal'e-hâ) or قِلاع (qelâ'))

  1. fortress, castle, stronghold
    Synonyms: دژ (dež), قصر (qasr)
  2. (chess) castle (rook)
    Synonym: رخ (rox)

Descendants

See also
Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
شاه (šâh) وزیر (vazir) رخ (rox),
قلعه (qal'e)		 فیل (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده (piyâde),
سرباز (sarbâz)
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