قلعه دیواری

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قلعه (kalʼe, “castle, fortress”) + دیوار (duvar, “wall”).

Noun

قلعه دیواری • (kalʼe duvarı)

1. rampart, bulwark, any defensive wall surrounding a castle, fort, or settlement

   Synonym: حصار (hisar)

Descendants

• Turkish: kale duvarı

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قلعه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 530
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kale duvarı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2352