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كلاب

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See also: گلاب

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From the root ك ل ب (k-l-b) originally meaning “a predatory animal”, “a dog or a falcon”, connected especially to canine teeth or claws; “to pierce”, as well as the conception of “hunting or catching food”, “a tool or aid in acquiring food”. The sense of a clamp is borrowed from Aramaic ܟܠܒܬܐ (kalbtā, tongs, pincers; metal device used to hold something) which also developed from the proto-Semitic sense of a claw.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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كُلَّاب or كَلَّاب (kullāb or kallābm (plural كَلَالِيب (kalālīb))

  1. pike pole, gaff
  2. hook
    1. fishhook
    2. tenterhook
    3. grapple, grapnel
    4. fleshhook
    5. billhook, pruning-hook
      • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 7, Art. 35, page 405:
        ويحتاج [الزعرور] إلى التسبيخ كل سنة وقد يسبخ الشجر كله ويخفف ورقها عنها بكلاب حديد مصفى حاد ماض فإن الحديد إذا دخل شيء من صدأه بعض أغصانها لهلكها وأبطلها […]
        [The azarole] needs to be plucked every year (and the whole tree may be plucked), trimming its leaves with a sharp iron hook, such as when the iron enters some rust it razes and fordoes it. […]
  3. clamp
  4. spur
  5. talons, especially of a falcon
  6. thorns
Declension
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References

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  • klbh2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 87
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كلاب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1114

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كِلَاب (kilābm pl

  1. plural of كَلْب (kalb, dog)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb), a compound of گُل (gul, rose) +‎ آب (āb, water). By surface analysis, گل (gül) +‎ آب (âb).

Noun

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گلاب (gülâb)

  1. rosewater, a liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: gülab
  • Armenian: կիւլապ (kiwlap)

Further reading

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