قلعة

See also: قلعہ‎ and قلعه‎

Arabic

قَلْعَة

Etymology

From the Arabic root ق ل ع‎ (q-l-ʿ)
From Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“remain”)?
From Persian ‎ (kalât, “fortress”)?

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qal.ʕa/, IPA^(key): /qil.ʕa/

Noun

قَلْعَة • (qalʿa) f (plural قِلَاع‎ (qilāʿ) or قُلُوع‎ (qulūʿ) or قَلَعَات‎ (qalaʿāt))

fortress, fort, castle

Declension

Declension of noun قَلْعَة (qalʿa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَلْعَة qalʿa	الْقَلْعَة‎ al-qalʿa	قَلْعَة qalʿat
Nominative	قَلْعَةٌ qalʿatun	الْقَلْعَةُ‎ al-qalʿatu	قَلْعَةُ qalʿatu
Accusative	قَلْعَةً qalʿatan	الْقَلْعَةَ‎ al-qalʿata	قَلْعَةَ qalʿata
Genitive	قَلْعَةٍ qalʿatin	الْقَلْعَةِ‎ al-qalʿati	قَلْعَةِ qalʿati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَلْعَتَيْن‎ qalʿatayn	الْقَلْعَتَيْن‎ al-qalʿatayn	قَلْعَتَيْ‎ qalʿatay
Nominative	قَلْعَتَانِ‎ qalʿatāni	الْقَلْعَتَانِ‎ al-qalʿatāni	قَلْعَتَا‎ qalʿatā
Accusative	قَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ qalʿatayni	الْقَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ al-qalʿatayni	قَلْعَتَيْ‎ qalʿatay
Genitive	قَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ qalʿatayni	الْقَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ al-qalʿatayni	قَلْعَتَيْ‎ qalʿatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِلَاع‎‎; قُلُوع‎‎; قَلَعَات‎ qilāʿ‎; qulūʿ‎; qalaʿāt	الْقِلَاع‎‎; الْقُلُوع‎‎; الْقَلَعَات‎ al-qilāʿ‎; al-qulūʿ‎; al-qalaʿāt	قِلَاع‎‎; قُلُوع‎‎; قَلَعَات‎ qilāʿ‎; qulūʿ‎; qalaʿāt
Nominative	قِلَاعٌ‎‎; قُلُوعٌ‎‎; قَلَعَاتٌ‎ qilāʿun‎; qulūʿun‎; qalaʿātun	الْقِلَاعُ‎‎; الْقُلُوعُ‎‎; الْقَلَعَاتُ‎ al-qilāʿu‎; al-qulūʿu‎; al-qalaʿātu	قِلَاعُ‎‎; قُلُوعُ‎‎; قَلَعَاتُ‎ qilāʿu‎; qulūʿu‎; qalaʿātu
Accusative	قِلَاعًا‎‎; قُلُوعًا‎‎; قَلَعَاتٍ‎ qilāʿan‎; qulūʿan‎; qalaʿātin	الْقِلَاعَ‎‎; الْقُلُوعَ‎‎; الْقَلَعَاتِ‎ al-qilāʿa‎; al-qulūʿa‎; al-qalaʿāti	قِلَاعَ‎‎; قُلُوعَ‎‎; قَلَعَاتِ‎ qilāʿa‎; qulūʿa‎; qalaʿāti
Genitive	قِلَاعٍ‎‎; قُلُوعٍ‎‎; قَلَعَاتٍ‎ qilāʿin‎; qulūʿin‎; qalaʿātin	الْقِلَاعِ‎‎; الْقُلُوعِ‎‎; الْقَلَعَاتِ‎ al-qilāʿi‎; al-qulūʿi‎; al-qalaʿāti	قِلَاعِ‎‎; قُلُوعِ‎‎; قَلَعَاتِ‎ qilāʿi‎; qulūʿi‎; qalaʿāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: qala
→ Persian: قلعه‎ (qal'e)
- → Bengali: কেল্লা (kella)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: क़िला (qilā)
  Urdu: قلعہ‎ (qila)
- → Kurdish: kel, keleh, qele, qale
  Central Kurdish: قه‌ڵا‎ (qella)
- → Marathi: किल्ला (killā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: قلعه‎ (kal'e)
  - Turkish: kale
  - → Albanian: kala
- → Uyghur: قەلئە‎ (qel'e)
→ Spanish: Alcalá
→ Tajik: қалъа (qalʾa)
→ Turkmen: gala
⇒ Arabic: قَلْعَة النِسَاء‎ (qalʿa(t) an-nisāʾ, “Fort of the Women”)
- → Italian: Caltanissetta
- → Sicilian: Cartanissetta
→ Uzbek: qalʼa

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “قلعة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 396
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 237
Freytag, Georg (1835), “قلعة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 490
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قلعة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 853
Wehr, Hans (1979), “قلعة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 920

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