See also: كَلْب, کلپ, and کلب

Arabic edit

 
الكلب

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌨𒂠 (kalbum) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kalb/
  • (file)

Noun edit

كَلْب (kalbm (plural كِلَاب (kilāb))

  1. dog
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Gulf Arabic: چَلْب (/t͡ʃəlb/), جَلْب (čalb)
  • Maltese: kelb
  • Moroccan Arabic: كلب (kalb)
  • Gujarati: કલ્બ (kalb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلب (kelp)

Etymology 2 edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Etymology 3 edit

Likely derived from كَلْب (kalb, dog).

Noun edit

كَلَب (kalabm

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

Adjective edit

كَلِب (kalib)

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

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كلب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (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

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كلب (kalbm (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalba), diminutive كليب (kliyyab))

  1. dog

Ottoman Turkish edit

 
كَلْب

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كلب (kelb) (plural كلاب (kilâb), 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 baña kelb demiş
      İltifatı bu sözde zahirdir
      Maliki mezhebim benim zira
      İʼtikadımca kelb 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 edit

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَب (kalab).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كلب (keleb)

  1. rabies, hydrophobia
  2. ferocity, virulence

Etymology 3 edit

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

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كلب (keleb)

  1. clew, ball of yarn
  2. weasel, reel
    Synonym: آرشین (arşın)
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Descendants edit

References edit

  • 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[2], Vienna, column 3904
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كلب”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 756

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَلْب (kalb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كلب (kalbm (plural كلاب (klāb), feminine كلبة (kalbe))

  1. dog