کلاف

Persian

Alternative forms

• کلافه (kalâfe), کلاوه (kalâve), کلابه (kalâbe), کلاب (kalâb)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈlɑːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɔ́ːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɔ́f]

Readings
Classical reading?	kalāf
Dari reading?	kalāf
Iranian reading?	kalâf
Tajik reading?	kalof

Noun

Dari	کلاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	калоф

کلاف • (kalâf)

1. clew, a ball of thread
2. weasel, reel

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كلب (kelep), كلبه (kelebe), كلوه (keleve)

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کلابه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 859
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کلافه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 861