کلید

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *kilēd, from Ancient Greek κλείς, κλειδός (kleís, kleidós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.liːð], [ki.liːð]

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.liːd̪], [kʰɪ.liːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪ.liː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰi.li]

 

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.liːd̪̥], [kʰʲe.liːd̪̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiː.liːt̪]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	kalīḏ, kilīḏ
Dari reading?	kalīd, kilīd
Iranian reading?	kalid, kelid
Tajik reading?	kalid

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Noun

Dari	کلید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	калид

کِلید or کَلید • (kelid or kalid) (plural کلیدها (kelid-hâ))

1. key
2. (music) clef

   کِلیدِ سُل ― kelid-e sol ― treble clef

   کِلیدِ فا ― kelid-e fâ ― bass clef

Derived terms

• صَفْحِه‌کِلید (safhe-kelid)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kilid
• → Kazakh: кілт (kılt)
• → Northern Kurdish: kilîd
• → Ottoman Turkish: كلید (kilid), كلیت (kilit)
  • Turkish: kilit
• → Uzbek: kalit

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kilēl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press