kale

Frasi
Senso (Inglese)

  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)

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kaˈle/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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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