كلید

Ottoman Turkish

كلید

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کلید (kelid), which ultimately derives from Ancient Greek κλειδῐ́ον (kleidíon, “little key”).

Noun

كلید • (kilid)

1. lock, a device which requires a key to be opened

   Synonym: مغلاق (miğlak)

2. latch, a fastening for a door consisting of a bar

   Synonym: مغلاق (miğlak)

3. linchpin, a pin inserted through holes at the end of a shaft
4. white patch on a horse's muzzle and lip
5. key, especially a latchkey to an outside door

   Synonyms: (key) آناختار (anahtar), مفتاح (miftah)

Derived terms

• كلیدجك (kilidcik, “kind of wooden lock”)
• كلیدجی (kilidci, “keymaker”)
• كلیدلتمك (kilidletmek, “to let be locked”)
• كلیدلمك (kilidlemek, “to lock”)
• كلیدلنمك (kilidlenmek, “to be locked”)
• كلیدلو (kilidli, “furnished with a lock”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: kilit

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kilit”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2670
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كلید”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 395a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1036
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Clavis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 190
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلید”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4007
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kilit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1567