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qal’a, vulg. qil’a (for A. قلعة qal’at, v.n. fr. قلع 'to remove; to pull down,' etc.), s.m. A fort (esp. one on a mountain or an eminence), a fortress, castle, citadel, fortification:—qil’a bāṅdhnā, To make a fortification, or an entrenchment:—qil’a banānā, To build a fort; to fortify (a place):—qal’a-band, adj. Shut up in a fort:—qil’a pakaṛnā, To take refuge in a fort; to keep in a fortified place (an army):—qil’adār, vulg. qile-dār, s.m. Governor of a fort, commandant of a garrison:—qil’a-dārī, s.f. The command of a garrison:—qil’a-shikan top, s.f. A siege-gun; siege-battery; a very large cannon:—qile-kīfauj, s.f. The garrison of a fort.
Origin: Persian