كلة
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كلة¹
Where it comes from
From Northern Kurdish gule – equalling Central Kurdish گولە (gule), Persian گوله (gôla), کله (kola), گوی (gôy), گلوله (golula), Urdu گولی (golī) / Hindi गोली (golī), all meaning more or less small balls or bullets, from the tentative Proto-Indo-European root *gew- (“to curve; ball”). A word omnipresent in Syria except in the Southwest area bordering Lebanon including Damascus where one uses for the sense “marble” دَحَل (daḥal), نَحَل (naḥal) and also pronounced gulle, gull, gill, gille, kille.
كلة²
noun كُلَّة · kulla · كُلَل · الْكُلَّة
- delay, retardation
noun كِلَّة · killa · كِلَل · الْكِلَّة
- condition, state
- bluntness, dullness, dimness
- fine veil of a woman, curtain, mosquito net and the like
كلة³
Where it comes from
From Malay kuala (“confluence”), or from Malay Kedah or from Malay Kelang.
proper noun كَلَة · كِلَة · kala · kila · -
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include فخرجت إلى الساحل أربد بكلة وهذا أول الهند ومنتهى مسير المراكب لا يتهيّأ لها أن يتجاوزها وألا غرقت قال فلما وصلت إلى كلة رأيته وهي عظيمة عالية السور كثيرة البساتين غزيرة الماء ووجدت بها معدن الرصاص القلعي لا يكون إلا في قلعتها في سائر الدنيا، وفي هذه القلعة تضرب السيوف القلعية، وهي الهندية العتيقة …
- Kuala Kedah (a port town in Kedah, Malaysia), which connects Alor Setar to the west coast of the Malacca peninsula and had a monopoly on the trade of elephant tusks, black pepper, and tin as of the 18th century
- Klang (a port city in Selangor, Malaysia), Port Klang being the largest port of Malaysia and heavily affected by tin mining
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