قالب

قالب

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ‎ (/*qālobīḏ/, “last”), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, “last”), diminutive of καλόπους (kalópous, “last”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.lab/, /qaː.lib/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): [ɡaːlab], [ɡaːlɪb]

Noun

قَالَب or قالِب • (qālab or qālib) m (plural قَوَالِب‎ (qawālib))

1. form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
2. (computing) template; boilerplate

Declension

Declension of noun قَالَب (qālab)‎; قالِب (qālib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَالَب‎; قالِب qālab‎; qālib	الْقَالَب‎‎; الْقالِب‎ al-qālab‎; al-qālib	قَالَب‎; قالِب qālab‎; qālib
Nominative	قَالَبٌ‎; قالِبٌ qālabun‎; qālibun	الْقَالَبُ‎‎; الْقالِبُ‎ al-qālabu‎; al-qālibu	قَالَبُ‎; قالِبُ qālabu‎; qālibu
Accusative	قَالَبًا‎‎; قالِبًا‎ qālaban‎; qāliban	الْقَالَبَ‎‎; الْقالِبَ‎ al-qālaba‎; al-qāliba	قَالَبَ‎; قالِبَ qālaba‎; qāliba
Genitive	قَالَبٍ‎; قالِبٍ qālabin‎; qālibin	الْقَالَبِ‎‎; الْقالِبِ‎ al-qālabi‎; al-qālibi	قَالَبِ‎; قالِبِ qālabi‎; qālibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَالَبَيْن‎‎; قالِبَيْن‎ qālabayn‎; qālibayn	الْقَالَبَيْن‎‎; الْقالِبَيْن‎ al-qālabayn‎; al-qālibayn	قَالَبَيْ‎‎; قالِبَيْ‎ qālabay‎; qālibay
Nominative	قَالَبَانِ‎‎; قالِبَانِ‎ qālabāni‎; qālibāni	الْقَالَبَانِ‎‎; الْقالِبَانِ‎ al-qālabāni‎; al-qālibāni	قَالَبَا‎‎; قالِبَا‎ qālabā‎; qālibā
Accusative	قَالَبَيْنِ‎‎; قالِبَيْنِ‎ qālabayni‎; qālibayni	الْقَالَبَيْنِ‎‎; الْقالِبَيْنِ‎ al-qālabayni‎; al-qālibayni	قَالَبَيْ‎‎; قالِبَيْ‎ qālabay‎; qālibay
Genitive	قَالَبَيْنِ‎‎; قالِبَيْنِ‎ qālabayni‎; qālibayni	الْقَالَبَيْنِ‎‎; الْقالِبَيْنِ‎ al-qālabayni‎; al-qālibayni	قَالَبَيْ‎‎; قالِبَيْ‎ qālabay‎; qālibay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَالِب‎ qawālib	الْقَوَالِب‎ al-qawālib	قَوَالِب‎ qawālib
Nominative	قَوَالِبُ‎ qawālibu	الْقَوَالِبُ‎ al-qawālibu	قَوَالِبُ‎ qawālibu
Accusative	قَوَالِبَ‎ qawāliba	الْقَوَالِبَ‎ al-qawāliba	قَوَالِبَ‎ qawāliba
Genitive	قَوَالِبَ‎ qawāliba	الْقَوَالِبِ‎ al-qawālibi	قَوَالِبِ‎ qawālibi

Descendants

• Maltese: qaleb
• → Azerbaijani: qəlib
• → Bashkir: ҡалып (qalıp)
• → Catalan: gàlib
• → French: calibre (see there for further descendants)
• → Kazakh: қалып (qalyp),
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: qalib

  → Central Kurdish: قاڵِب‎ (qallib), قالِب‎ (qalib)

  → Southern Kurdish: قاڵِب‎ (qallib)

• → Medieval Latin: calibrum
• → Ottoman Turkish: قالب‎ (kalıp)
  • Turkish: kalıp
  • → Armenian: ղալիբ (łalib), ղալիպ (łalip), կալիպ (kalip), խալիպ (xalip), կալըբ (kaləb)
  • → Ladino: kalup
• → Persian: قالب‎ (qâleb)
• → Russian: калы́пь (kalýpʹ), калы́бь (kalýbʹ), колы́пь (kolýpʹ), колы́бь (kolýbʹ) (via a Turkic language)
• → Spanish: gálibo
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܠܒܐ‎ (qāləḇā)
• → Tatar: калып (qalıp)
• → Uyghur: قېلىپ‎ (qëlip),
• → Uzbek: qolip

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “قالب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 391
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 256
• Freytag, Georg (1835), “قالب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 485
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “قالب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 797
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قالب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 918
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “قالب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1051

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَالِب‎ (qālib).

Noun

قالب • (kalıp, kalup) (plural قوالب‎)

1. form, mould, last (for casting shapes by it)
2. form, shape, arrangement something or someone has acquired
3. trick, device, feint

Derived terms

• قالبلمق‎ (kalıplamak, “to form, to mould”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kalıp
• → Armenian: ղալիբ (łalib), ղալիպ (łalip), կալիպ (kalip), խալիպ (xalip), կալըբ (kaləb)
• → Ladino: kalup

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “قالب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3592

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَالِب‎ (qālib). Doublet of کالبد‎ (kâlbod).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /qɑːlib/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /qɒːlɪb/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɢɒːleb/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /qɔːlib/

Noun

قالب • (qâleb) (plural قالب‌ها‎ (qâleb-hâ))

1. mould
2. template