kale

An user
(Anglès)

  1. fort, castle, fortress, stronghold
  2. rook
  3. goal (an area into which the players attempt to put the ball)
  4. stronghold (of an ideology)

Freqüència

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kaˈle/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kal'a), قله (kale), from Classical Persian قلعه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَةٌ (qalʕatun, “fort, fortress”). Compare also Azerbaijani qala, Uzbek qala, Kazakh қала (qala), etc.

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