کلیہ

See also: كلية, كلیه, and کلیه

Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəl.jɑ(ː)/

Adjective

کلیہ • (kalya)

1. well, sound, healthy, free from sickness; recovered from sickness, convalescent
2. ready, prepared, armed
3. deaf and dumb

Noun

کلیہ • (kalya) m

1. dawn, day-break, early morning
2. to-morrow; yesterday

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian کلیه (kulliyya), from Arabic كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʊl.lɪj.ɑ(ː)/

Adjective

کلیہ • (kulliya)

1. all

Noun

کلیہ • (kulliya) m

1. universality, totality, the whole
2. university faculty
3. college, university
4. formula
5. universally-accepted dogma, maxim or tenet

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “کليه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “کلیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.