جالب

See also: حالت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَالِب (jālib), active participle of جَلَبَ (jalaba).

Adjective

جالب • (calib)

1. (literally) pulling, dragging, drawing
2. interesting
3. attractive

Synonyms

• چكیجی (çekici)

Descendants

• Turkish: calip

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “calib”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “calip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

A derivative of Arabic جَلَبَ (jalaba, “to fetch, bring, induce, attract”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ˈlaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.lǽb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.lǽb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.lǽb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.lǽb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.léb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.lǽb]

Readings
Classical reading?	jālaḇ
Dari reading?	jālab
Iranian reading?	jâleb
Tajik reading?	jolab

Adjective

جالب • (jâleb) (comparative جالب‌تَر (jâleb-tar), superlative جالب‌تَرین (jâleb-tarin))

1. interesting
2. attractive