قلعة

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

fortress, fort, castle

Name

alternative form of كَلَة (kala, a tin-exporting port town)

Conceptos

baluarte

castillo

🏰

bastión

ciudadela

alcázar

muralla

plaza fuerte

reducto

punto fuerte

baluerte

fortaleza

fuerte

alcazaba

castro

Sinónimos

حصن

قصر

معقل

قصبة

Traducciones

bastion

Festung

Burg

🏰

castle

🏰

kale

fortezza

forteresse

fortress

baluarte

baluardo

bastion

citadel

arx

Zitadelle

Bollwerk

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/qal.ʕa/

Etimología (Inglés)

Unknown. Possibilities include:
* From the Arabic root ق ل ع (q l ʕ).
* From Persian کلات (kalât, “fortress”), since a borrowing of this word regularly yields the shape قَلْعَة (qalʕa). Akin to Mazanderani کلا (kalâ, “borough”) and probably Old Armenian քաղաք (kʻałakʻ, “town”) (under ancient circumstances “fortress, castle” and “town” isn’t necessarily a meaning difference).
* From the name of the Malay town below, after its high walls, perhaps supported by how the vocalization varies between قَلْعَة (qalʕa), قِلْعَة (qilʕa) and قَلَعَة (qalaʕa).
* From Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to remain”). Compare the early Turkic borrowing for a fortification خَازُوق (ḵāzūq, “pale, stake”).