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kale.

fort; castle; fortress; stronghold

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɑˈle/[kɑ̈.l̠ʲe̞]
  1. fort; castle; fortress; stronghold

  2. rook

  3. goal (an area into which the players attempt to put the ball)

  4. stronghold (of an ideology)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kalʼa / kalʼe), قله (kale), from Classical Persian قلعه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَةٌ (qalʕatun, “fort; fortress”). Compare also Azerbaijani qala, Uzbek qalʼa, Kazakh қала (qala), etc.

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