An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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wreck
  ۱) کلین؛ ۲) کلینیدن، کلین کردن  
1) kalin; 2) kalinidan, kalin kardan
Fr.: 1) épave; 2) provoquer le naufrage de, faire dérailler, détruire, démolir  

1a) Any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.

1b) A vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.

1c) The ruin or destruction of anything.

  1. To cause the wreck of (Dictionary.com).

Etymology (EN): M.E. wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from a Scandinavian source (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak), from Proto-Germanic *wrekanan; cognate with E. wreak and wrack.

Etymology (PE): Kalin “wreck” has several variants in Iranian/Persian languages/dialects: (Lori) kalli, (Laki) kall “broken, damaged, wrecked;” (Malâyeri) kall “broken, damaged,” as in kuze-ye kall “damaged gugglet;” (Sâve-yi) kolul “damaged gugglet;” (Fin-e Bandar Abbas) cul “ruin;” (Xârestâni) kaleng “ruin, desolation;” (Dari-ye Yazd) xelak “ruin, wreck;” (Ossetic) xalyn, ixalun “to ruin, spoil.”