كلیه

See also: كلية, کلیه, and کلیہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كُلْيَة (kulya).

Noun

كلیه • (külye)

1. kidney, the organ in the body that filters the blood

   Synonyms: بوبرك (böbrek), گرده (gürde)

Derived terms

• كلیوی (külyevi, “renal”)

Further reading

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• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1037
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ren”, 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, Vienna, column 1461
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1570

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya).

Noun

كلیه • (külliye) (plural كلیات)

1. totality, entirety, the whole

Descendants

• Turkish: külliye

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “külliye2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2890
• Kieffer & Bianchi (1837), Dictionnaire turc-français, volume 2, page 632
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Totalitas”, 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, Vienna, column 1682