كلب

See also: كَلْب and کلپ

Arabic

الكلب

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *kalb- (or ك ل ب (k-l-b)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalb/
  • (Egypt) IPA(key): [kalb]
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Noun

كَلْب (kalb) m (plural كِلَاب (kilāb))

  1. dog
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Likely denominal to كَلَب (kalab, rabies) or directly to كَلْب (kalb, dog).

Verb

كَلِبَ (kaliba) I, non-past يَكْلَبُ‎ (yaklabu)

  1. to be seized by hydrophobia, to become rabid
  2. to become mad, to become crazy
  3. to covet greedily
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Likely derived from كَلْب (kalb, dog).

Noun

كَلَب (kalab) m

  1. verbal noun of كَلِبَ (kaliba) (form I)
  2. rabies, hydrophobia
    دَاء الْكَلَبdāʾ al-kalabrabies, hydrophobia
  3. burning thirst
  4. greed
Declension

Adjective

كَلِب (kalib)

  1. rabid, affected with rabies
  2. mad
  3. greedy
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), كلب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 51–52
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 979

Ottoman Turkish

كَلْب

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛlp]

Noun

كلب (kelp) (plural كلاب (kilap), feminine كلبت (kelbet))

  1. dog
    Synonyms: كوپك (köpek), ایت (it)
    • a. 1636, Nefʿī
      طاهر افندی بڭا كلب دیمش
      التفاتی بو سوزده ظاهردر
      مالكی مذهبم بنم زیرا
      اعتقادمجه كلب طاهردر.‎
      Tahir Efendi bana kelp demiş
      İltifatı bu sözde zahirdir
      Maliki mezhebim benim zira
      İtikadımca kelp tahirdir
      Mr. Ṭāhir has called me a dog
      This is an apparent compliment
      For my school of law is the Mālikīy
      According to my belief the dog is clean.

Etymology 2

From Arabic كَلَب (kalab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛlɛp]

Noun

كلب (kelep)

  1. rabies, hydrophobia
  2. ferocity, virulence

Etymology 3

From Persian کلاف (kalâf), کلابه (kalâbe), کلاوه (kalâve, clew).

Alternative forms

  • كلبه (kelebe), كلوه (keleve)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛlɛp]

Noun

كلب (kelep)

  1. clew, ball of yarn
  2. weasel, reel
    Synonym: آرشین (arşın)
Derived terms
  • كلبجك (kelebcik, diminutive)

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), كلب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3904
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), كلب”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 756
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