kale

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  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)

Têgeh

kela

keleh

kelh

kirman

قهڵا

گۆڵ

Pircarînî

C1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/kaˈle/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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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