Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ق ل ق
2 terms

Etymology edit

Intensive adjective of Arabic قَلِقَ (qaliqa).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

قلقان (galgān) (feminine قَلْقانة (galgāna), common plural قَلْقانين (galgānīn))

  1. worried, anxious, concerned

Ottoman Turkish edit

 
قلقان

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kalkan (shield); cognate with Azerbaijani qalxan, Karakalpak qalqan, Kazakh қалқан (qalqan), Kyrgyz калкан (kalkan), Turkmen galkan, Uzbek qalqon. Compare Mongolian халх (xalx, shield).

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Noun edit

قلقان (kalkan)

  1. shield, especially a rondache or roundshield, a circular shield made of fig-wood covered with cords
    Synonyms: ترس (türs), درقه (daraka), سپر (siper)

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Further reading edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ق ل ق
2 terms

Etymology edit

Intensive adjective of the stative verb قلق (ʔiliʔ, to be anxious, to be worried, to be concerned).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔal.ʔaːn/, [ʔalˈʔæːn]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡal.ɡaːn/, [ɡalˈɡæːn]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

قلقان (ʔalʔān) (feminine قلقانة (ʔalʔāne), common plural قلقانين (ʔalʔānīn))

  1. worried, anxious, concerned