Etymology

kula

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Today it means: A tower, turret or steeple in Southeastern Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area. Full definition →

South Slavic ← Turkish kule ← Persian قله
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kula · noun1

  1. Arabic · derived fromقُلَّة“pinnacle, zenith”
  2. Persian · derived fromقله
  3. Turkish · derived fromkule
  4. South Slavic · derived from
  5. English todaykula

From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

kula · noun2

From a Melanesian language.

Kula · proper noun3

* Slavic origin: as a Czech, Polish, and Slovak surname, see Polish kula (“ball”). * Also as a Czech surname, shortened from Mikuláš, the Czech form of Nicholas. * As a Jewish Belarusian surname, from the placename Kulya.

Kula · proper noun4

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromKula
  2. English todayKula

From Hawaiian Kula.

Kula · proper noun5

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقله
  2. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromКула /Kula
  3. English todayKula

From Serbo-Croatian Кула /Kula, from кула /kula (“tower, turret”), from Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle).

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