كلية
العربية
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كلية¹
- /kul.lij.ja/
Rhymes with -ijja
Where it comes from
From كُلّ (kull) + ـِيَّة (-iyya). Calque of Latin ūniversitās. False cognate of Latin collegium (also English college).
noun كُلِّيَّة · kulliyya · كُلِّيَّات · الْكُلِّيَّة
- college, academy, school, secondary school
- faculty, school (of a university)
- complete works of an author
- predicate, conception
- totality, entirety
- completeness, fullness, wholeness
- universality, generality
- universal
- integrity
كلية²
- /kul.ja/
Where it comes from
Compare Hebrew כִּלְיָה (kilyá, “kidney”), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎍𐎊𐎚 (klyt), Aramaic כּוֹלִיתָא (kōlīṯā) (plural: כּוֹלְיָתָא (kōləyāṯā)), Amharic ኩላሊት (kulalit).
noun كُلْيَة · kulya · kulyatān · كُلَى · kulyāt
- kidney
- waterworks
In English
Talk about this word "كلية." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. كلية. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9 "كلية." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9.Cite this
@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {كلية},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
