کله

See also: كلة and گله

Khalaj

Adjective

کُله (kula)

1. Arabic spelling of kula (“short”)

Mazanderani

Pronunciation 1

• (Central, Amol, Nur, Nowshahr) IPA^(key): /kɐlɐ/

Noun

کله (kala)

1. hearth

Pronunciation 2

• (Central, Sari) IPA^(key): /kɛlɐ/ ?

Noun

کله (kele)

1. ditch, canal

Pronunciation 3

• (Central) IPA^(key): /kɤlɐ/

Noun

کله (këla)

1. small; young (of animals)

Pashto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɘla/

Adverb

کله • (këla)

1. when

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kalā-, *kallā-, *kālā- (“head”), probably from a continuum of sound-symbolic Iranian words denoting round objects of unknown further origin. Note, however, phonetic and semantic similarities to Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kal.la]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæl.le]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäl.lä]

Readings
Classical reading?	kalla
Dari reading?	kalla
Iranian reading?	kalle
Tajik reading?	kalla

Noun

کله • (kalla)

1. head

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kəllə
• → Gujarati: કલ્લા (kallā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كلله (kalle, kelle)

  > Turkish: kelle (inherited)

• → Uyghur: كاللا (kalla)
• → Turkmen: kelle