kale

Sentences
An user
Aynı   kale   on üçüncü
13th
 yüzyılda  daha   da  geliştirildi.

The same castle was further developed in the thirteenth century.

Meaning

  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)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈle/
Etymology

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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