کلید

Chagatai

Alternative forms

𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽶𐾀 (kylyt /⁠kilīd⁠/) — Old Uyghur script

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (kilīd).

Noun

کلید • (klyd /kilīd/)

key
Synonyms: قفل (qfl /⁠qüfl⁠/), مفتاح (mftāḥ /⁠miftāh⁠/)
- 1484, Ali-Shir Nava'i, فرهاد و شیرین [Farhad and Shirin], page 250b:
  اچیب اول کنج قفلین بو کلیدیم
  نصیبیم ایلا نی کیم بار امیدیم
  ʾčyb ʾwl knj qflyn bw klydym
  nṣybym ʾylā ny kym bār ʾmydym
  /ačıp ol gänj-i quflın bu kilīdim
  näsībim äylä ne kim bar ümīdim/
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Uyghur: كىلىت (kilit)
Uzbek: kalit

Further reading

Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎^[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN
Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 633

Persian

Alternative forms

کیلیت (kilit) (dialectal, Tehrani)
کلیل (kelil) (dialectal, Dezfuli)
کلی (kilī) (dialectal, Kabuli)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian *kilēd, from Ancient Greek κλείς, κλειδός (kleís, kleidós).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈliːd/, /ki.ˈliːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.liːd̪], [kʰɪ.liːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪ.liː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰi.li]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.liːd̪̥], [kʰʲe.liːd̪̥]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiː.liːt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lid̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kalīd, kilīd
Dari reading^?	kalīd, kilīd
Iranian reading^?	kalid, kelid
Tajik reading^?	kalid

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	کلید
Dari	کلید
Tajik	калид

کلید • (kalīd, kilīd / kalid, kelid) (plural کلیدها (kalīd-hā, kilīd-hā / kalid-hâ, kelid-hâ), Tajik spelling калид)

key
(music) clef
― kelid-e sol ― treble clef

― kelid-e fâ ― bass clef

Derived terms

صَفْحِه‌کِلید (safhe-kelid)

Descendants

→ Central Kurdish: کلیل (kilîl)
→ Chagatai: کلید (klyd), 𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽶𐾀 (kylyt /⁠kilīd⁠/) — Old Uyghur script
- Uyghur: كىلىت (kilit)
- Uzbek: kalit
→ Mazanderani: کلی (kli)
→ Northern Kurdish: kilîd
→ Karakhanid: كِرِتْ
→ Kazakh: кілт (kılt)
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: كلید
- Azerbaijani: kilid
- Ottoman Turkish: كلید (kilid), كلیت (kilit)
  - Turkish: kilit
→ Turkmen: kilt
→ Yaghnobi: калит (kalit)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kilēl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press