See also: گل and کل

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Akkadian 𒆕𒀀𒁉 (kalûm), Ge'ez ኵል (kʷəll), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎍 (kl), Phoenician 𐤊𐤋 (kl), Classical Syriac ܟܾܠ (kul). From Proto-Semitic *kʷall- or Proto-Semitic *kull-, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔa-kʷall-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /kull/

  • (file)

Noun edit

كُلّ (kullm

  1. each one, everyone
  2. each, every (with following indefinite noun in the genitive)
  3. whole, all (with following definite noun in the genitive)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Moroccan Arabic: كل (kull)
  • Bengali: কুল (kul)
  • Kazakh: күллі (küllı)
  • Khalaj: kull
  • Khalaj: kullı
  • Kurdish:
    Laki: کوِل (kwil)
  • Persian: کل (kol)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /kul/

Verb edit

كُلْ (kul) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

كل (kollm

  1. all

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation edit

  • (determiner) IPA(key): /kul.la/, /kulː/
  • (pronoun) IPA(key): /kulː/

Determiner edit

كلَّ or كلّْ (kulla or kull)

  1. each, every (with following indefinite noun)
    كل مواطن عنده الحق يصوت.
    kulla muwāṭin ʕandu l-ḥaqq yṣawwat
    Every citizen has the right to vote.

Pronoun edit

كل (kullm

  1. whole, all (attached to an object pronoun after following definite noun)
    Synonyms: كامل (kāmil), كاع (gāʕ)
    وكلت الناس كلها فالعرس.
    wakkalt en-nās kullha f-el-ʕurs
    I've fed all the people in the wedding.

Inflection edit

Inflected forms of كل
Base form كل (kull)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person كلي (kulli) كلنا (kullna)
2nd person كلك (kullek) كلك (kullki) كلكم (kullkum)
3rd person كله (kullu) كلها (kullha) كلهم (kullhum)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

كل (kal)

  1. ringworm

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

كل (gül)

  1. Alternative spelling of گل (rose)

Etymology 3 edit

From Persian کل (kal).

Adjective edit

كل (kel)

  1. bald
Descendants edit

Etymology 4 edit

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Noun edit

كل (kül)

  1. all, the whole (of something uncountable)
  2. every one (of something countable)
Descendants edit

References edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كلّ (kullm

  1. whole, entirety
    كلّ اليومkull il-yōmthe whole day
    (file)
    كلّهمkullhomall of them
    (file)
    الكلّil-kulleveryone (literally, “the whole”)
    (file)

Determiner edit

كلّ (kull)

  1. (in an indefinite phrase) every, each
    كلّ يومkull yōmevery day
    (file)