call of

Bir taraftan seni yemeğe davet etmek için, diğer taraftan sana oğlumun evleneceğini söylemek için seni aradım. - I called you, on the one hand to invite you out to eat, and on the other to tell you my son is going to get married.

call

söylemek

Dün gece Bay A bugünkü toplantıya katılamayacağını söylemek için beni aradı. - Last night, Mr. A called me up to say he couldn't attend today's meeting.

Tom geç kalacağını Mary'ye söylemek için aradı. - Tom called to tell Mary that he'd be late.

call

ziyaret etme

Her şeyden önce, Jim'i ziyaret etmek zorundayım. - First of all, I have to call on Jim.

Biz, randevusuz başkalarını ziyaret etmekten kaçınmalıyız. - We must avoid calling on others without an appointment.

Düşünmek için zamanım yoktu. Kanaate dayalı karar almak zorundaydım. - I didn't have time to think. I had to make a judgment call.

Robert telefon konuşmasının ortasında kırılıp ayrıldı. - Robert broke off in the middle of his phone call.

Bir telefon konuşması yapacağım. - I'll make a phone call.

call

düdük

call

(Bilgisayar) çağırma çağrı

call

haykırmak

call

(Ticaret) satın alma hakkı

call

ad koymak

call

(Bilgisayar) çağrı yap

Tom başparmağıyla cep telefonun açtı ve bir çağrı yaptı. - Tom flipped open his cell phone and made a call.

Sanırım doğru çağrı yaptık. - I think we made the right call.

call

konuşma

Tom bir günde yaklaşık elli telefon konuşması yapar. - Tom makes about fifty phone calls a day.

Tom Mary'den telefonunda hiç şehirlerarası konuşma yapmamasını rica etti. - Tom asked Mary not to make any long-distance calls on his phone.

Keşke bana Tom demekten vazgeçsen. - I wish you'd stop calling me Tom.

O bana bir yalancı demekten geri kalmadı. - He as good as called me a liar.

call

diye hitap etmek

call

(Bilgisayar) arama telefon

call

telefon

Benim bir telefon konuşması yapmam gerekiyor. - I need to make a telephone call.

Bu akşam telefon etmez. - She won't call this evening.

Ben gitmek istemiyorum. O senin çağrın. - I don't want to go. It's your call.

Yurt dışında olsam ve param bitse, ben daha fazla istemek için ailemi ararım. - If I were abroad and I ran out of money, I would call my parents to ask for more.

O kazançlarla ilgili vergi talep etti. - He called for a tax on earnings.

call

{i} ses

Ben, birinin arkadan adımı seslendiğini duydum. - I heard someone call my name from behind.

Biri benim adımı sesleniyordu. - Someone was calling my name.

call

ziyaret etmek

Biz, randevusuz başkalarını ziyaret etmekten kaçınmalıyız. - We must avoid calling on others without an appointment.

Bir gün seni ziyaret etmek istiyorum. - I would like to call on you one of these days.

call

ziyaret

Ben, bir gün sizi ziyaret edebilir miyim? - May I call on you some day?

Ben bazen onu ziyaret ederim. - I call on him sometimes.

{f} ara

İki gün içinde beni yeniden ara. - Call me again in two days.

Havaalanına vardığımda onu aradım. - Arriving at the airport, I called her up.

(by ile) geçerken uğramak

call

uğrama

Bazen sana uğramamın bir sakıncası var mı? Hayır, hiç. - Do you mind if I call on you sometime? No, not at all.

Sanırım Tom'u arayabilir ve ona uğramasını ve yardım etmesini rica edebilirdim. - I guess I could call Tom and ask him to come over and help.

call

davet

Erkek torunum beni davet etmek için aradı. - My grandson called to invite me over.

Onu davet etmeliydin. - You should've called her.

{f} çağır

Bana bir taksi çağırabilir misiniz? - Can you call me a taxi?

Başkan, askeri güçleri çağırdı. - The President called out the troops.

call

ara(mak)

call

Ameliyat masasındaki kişinin hastanın veya yaralının ölümünü ve ölüm saatini bildirmek

Okay, we are going to call it. Thank you very much everyone, for all your efforts. Time of death 17:15.

Çalışmamız gerektiği hissi

CALL

(Askeri) Kara Kuvvetleri Alınan Dersler Merkezi (Center for Army Lessons Learned)

call

bağırış

call

{f} telefonda konuşmak

call

ötüş ötme boru boru sesi

{i} ötüş

{f} 1. (out) seslenmek, çağırmak; bağırmak: Did you just call me? Bana demin seslendin mi? He called out for help. ''İmdat!'' diye bağırdı. 2

Ona ya bana uğramasını ya da beni aramasını söyle. - Tell him either to call on me or to ring me up.

İtalya'yı arama için ülke kodu 39'dur. - The country code for calling Italy is 39.

call

{i} telefonda konuşma

{f} telefon etmek

{i} bağırma, çağırma, bağırış, haykırma: I heard a call for help. Birinin ''İmdat!'' diye bağırdığını duydum

call

(out) seslenmek, çağırmak; bağırmak: Did you just call me? Bana demin seslendin mi? He called out for help. ''İmdat!'' diye bağırdı. 2

call

{i} ihtiyaç

call

(Askeri) İŞARET: Bir trampet, boru veya düdük ile verilen işaret

calling card kartvizit

call

{f} lakap takmak

call

{f} uyandırmak

English - English

Definition of call of in English English dictionary
call: To pay a social visit
We could always call on a friend.
call: To declare in advance
The captains call the coin toss.
call: To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion
call: To request, summon, or beckon
That person is hurt, call for help!.
call: To cry or shout
I can't see you. Call out to me so I can find you.
call: (Can we clean up() this sense?) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call)
call: To demand repayment of a loan
call: To name or refer to
Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
call: A telephone conversation
I received several calls today.
call: : To match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet
call: : To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run
call: To contact by telephone
Why don't you call me in the morning.
call: A beckoning or summoning
I had to yield to the call of the wild.
call: : An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time
call: (with an object preceded by the preposition for) To require, demand
This job calls for patience.
call: : To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions.)
call: The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
call: To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium
call: (reflexively: to be called) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name
A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
call: A cry or shout
He heard a call from the other side of the room.
call: The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
call: To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on
My partner called 2 spades.
call: To predict
He called'' twelve of the last three recessions.
call: A decision or judgement
That was a good call.
call: {f} shout; cry; invite; make a telephone call; visit
call: If you call someone or something a particular thing, you suggest they are that thing or describe them as that thing. The speech was interrupted by members of the Conservative Party, who called him a traitor She calls me lazy and selfish He called it particularly cynical to begin releasing the hostages on Christmas Day Anyone can call themselves a psychotherapist
call: If you call someone, you telephone them. Would you call me as soon as you find out? A friend of mine gave me this number to call `May I speak with Mr Coyne, please?' --- `May I ask who's calling?' = phone
call: If you call something, you say it in a loud voice, because you are trying to attract someone's attention. He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name `Boys!' she called again. Call out means the same as call. The butcher's son called out a greeting The train stopped and a porter called out, `Middlesbrough!'
call: {s} referring to someone or something that can be called
call: {n} a demand, claim, address, summons, pipe
call: {v} to name, invite, publish, susmmon, read
call: To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant
call: read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll"
call: To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church
call: The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry
call: An option to buy a commodity, security or futures contract at a specified price any time between now and the expiration date of the option contract
call: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
call: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
call: If someone in authority calls something such as a meeting, rehearsal, or election, they arrange for it to take place at a particular time. The Committee decided to call a meeting of the All India Congress The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure
call: give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan"
call: on the land
call: An option which gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to buy an underlying asset (commodity futures contract, stocks, etc ) at an agreed upon price (strike price) within a specified period of time
call: When you make a telephone call, you telephone someone. I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend I've had hundreds of calls from other victims
call: a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
call: If someone is on call, they are ready to go to work at any time if they are needed, especially if there is an emergency. In theory I'm on call day and night. a doctor on call
call: NUMBER - The number given to each book acquired by the Libraries Every book has a unique call number, much like every house in a city has its own address The first portion of the call number (one or two letters followed by a few numerals) is the "name" of the "street;’ the second portion (following the period) is the "house number " Example: PR 6023 L47 H6
call: require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond"
call: An option contract that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying security at a specified price for a certain fixed period of time
call: An option contract under which the holder (buyer) has the right to purchase the number of shares of the underlying security that is covered by the contract at a fixed price for a fixed period of time The call option buyer pays the call option seller (writer) a fee called a premium It also obligates the seller (writer), if the buyer exercises, to sell the underlying security that it covered by the contract at a fixed price for a fixed period of time
call: this morning"
call: a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"
call: rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A
call: A social visit
call: An option contract giving the owner the right (but not the obligation) to buy shares of stock at a predetermined price (called a strike price) on or before the expiration date of the contract
call: assign a specified, proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
call: make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll" indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate" give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game
call: To transfer program execution to some section of code (usually a subroutine) while saving the necessary information to allow execution to resume at the calling point when the called section has completed execution When a subroutine call occurs, one or more values (known as arguments or parameters) are often passed to the subroutine, which can then use and sometimes modify these values
call: demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan"
call: disapproval If you say that there is no call for someone to behave in a particular way, you are criticizing their behaviour, usually because you think it is rude. There was no call for him to single you out from all the others. = there is no need for
call: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
call: The issuer's right to redeem a bond or preferred share before it matures A bond will usually be called when interest rates fall so significantly that the issuer can save money by floating new bonds at lower rates The first date when an issuer may call a bond is specified in the bond's prospectus See "How Bonds Behave " BACK TO TOP
call: See Assessment, 4
call: utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another"
call: the actions taken to pay the principal amount of the bonds prior to the stated maturity date, in accordance with the provisions for "call" stated in the proceedings and the bonds
call: The act of calling; usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call
call: If there is a call for something, someone demands that it should happen. There have been calls for a new kind of security arrangement Almost all workers heeded a call by the trade unions to stay at home for the duration of the strike
call: A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty
call: If you call someone or something by a particular name or title, you give them that name or title. `Doctor' --- `Will you please call me Sarah?' Everybody called each other by their surnames. + called called There are two men called Buckley at the Home Office. a device called an optical amplifier
call: this morning" consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful" challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact" utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday" lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks" get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out" challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that" require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond" ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another" send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc
call: To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders
call: A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders
call: If someone is called before a court or committee, they are ordered to appear there, usually to give evidence. The child waited two hours before she was called to give evidence I was called as an expert witness. = summon
call: stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"
call: A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc
call: If you call someone, you ask them to come to you by shouting to them. She called her young son: `Here, Stephen, come and look at this!' He called me over the Tannoy
call: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
call: Bonds: The right to redeem outstanding bonds before their scheduled maturity Options: The right to buy a specific number of shares at a specified price by a fixed date (See put)
call: The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on
call: a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
call: A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds
call: If you call someone such as a doctor or the police, you ask them to come to you, usually by telephoning them. He screamed for his wife to call an ambulance One night he was called to see a woman with tuberculosis
call: v t , n 1 v t (a function with arguments) to cause the code represented by that function to be executed in an environment where bindings for the values of its parameters have been established based on the arguments {"Calling the function + with the arguments 5 and 1 yields a value of 6 "} 2 n a situation in which a function is called
call: a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
call: To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name
call: utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"
call: A contract that gives the right but not the obligation to buy a commodity, security or futures contract at a specified price There are two types of options: a European is executable only at the expiration date of the option; an American option is executable anytime between now and the expiration date of the option contract
call: give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
call: When a train, bus, or ship calls somewhere, it stops there for a short time to allow people to get on or off. The steamer calls at several ports along the way
call: declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out"
call: (1) A period at the opening and the close of some futures markets in which the price for each futures contract is established by auction; (2) Buyer's Call generally applies to cotton, also called "call sale " A purchase of a specified quantity of a specific grade of a commodity at a fixed number of points above or below a specified delivery month futures price with the buyer allowed a period of time to fix the price either by purchasing a future for the account of the seller or telling the seller when he wishes to fix the price; (3) Seller's Call, also called "call purchase," is the same as the buyer's call except that the seller has the right to determine the time to fix the price; (4) option contract giving the buyer the right but not the obligation to purchase the commodity or to enter into a long futures position; and (5) the requirement that a financial instrument be returned to the issuer prior to maturity, with principal and accrued interest paid off upon return
call: call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"
call: An association between two or more users or between a user and a network entity that is established by the use of network capabilities This association may have zero or more connections
call: An overnight duty in the hospital
call: to call someone's bluff: see bluff to call it a day: see day to call a halt: see halt to call something to mind: see mind call of nature: see nature to call something your own: see own to call something into question: see question to call it quits: see quit to call a spade a spade: see spade to call the tune: see tune too close to call: see close. computer-assisted language learning the use of computers to help people learn foreign languages
call: The call of something such as a place is the way it attracts or interests you strongly. = pull, lure
call: The characteristic cry of a bird
call: To invite or command to meet; to convoke; often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen
call: To invoke; to appeal to
call: A negotiable instrument that gives the holder the right to buy shares of common stock at a stated price on or before some future date; The right that some bond investors have to redeem a bond at stated times prior to maturity for a stated price, typically exercised when interest rates fall Call represents a risk for bondholders, compensated by extra yield, which may or may not be adequate compensation With the opposite of a call, a put, the bondholder has the option to sell the bond back to the issuer at a stated price, and so putable bonds usually yield less than the prevailing market rate
call: challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that"
call: The call of a particular bird or animal is the characteristic sound that it makes. a wide range of animal noises and bird calls. see also calling, so-called
call: Something from God that shouldn't be transferred, put on hold or disconnected And even if it sounds like there's static on the line, remember that whether we are called to a place, a people, or a task; we all are called to use our gifts to serve the King
call: Options are derivative securities that give the holder the right to buy (call) or sell (Puts and Calls) a specified amount of the underlying security at a specific "strike price" and within a specified timeframe The purchaser hopes that the stock price will go up (if he buys a call) or down (if he buys a put) by an amount sufficiently above or below the strike price to provide a profit when the option is exercised If the stock price holds steady or moves in the opposite direction, the price paid for the option is lost entirely There are several other types of options available to the public but these are basically combinations of puts and calls Individuals may write (sell) as well as purchase options Options on stock indexes, futures, and debt instruments also exist
call: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
call: A divine vocation or summons
call: To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work
call: The act of calling to the other batsman
call: send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc
call: An option contract that gives the buyer (holder) the right to purchase, and gives the seller (the writer) the obligation to sell a specified number of shares of the underlying stock at the given strike price on or before the expiration date of the contract
call: The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the point
call: brief visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer"
call: An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor
call: An option that gives the buyer the right to a long position in the underlying futures at a specific price; the call writer (seller) may be assigned a short position in the underlying futures if the buyer exercises the call
call: consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"
call: ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"
call: make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"
call: the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
call: To call a game or sporting event means to cancel it, for example because of rain or bad light. We called the next game. = call off
call: In a metes and bounds description, the angle and distance of a given line or arc Each call is usually preceeded by the word then or thence Example: N 220 E 100' (lst call), thence N 800 E 1W (2nd call)
call: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call" brief visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer" a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers" a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call" rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A
call: If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill. `Shouldn't you be at work today?' --- `I called in sick.'
call: stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game
call: challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact"
call: lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks"
call: To make a demand, requirement, or request
call: order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
call: To rouse from sleep; to awaken
call: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
call: {i} cry; telephone conversation; visit; ring; invitation; claim; need
call: Actions taken to pay the principal amount prior to the stated maturity date, in accordance with the provisions for "call" stated in the proceedings and the securities Another term for call provisions is redemption provisions
call: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
call: A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal
call: A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on
call: To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to
call: To call is to match the current bet If there has been a bet of $10 and a raise of $10 then it costs $20 to call Calling is the cheapest (and the most passive) way to remain in a hand See also cold call, flat call, and it
call: A contract to buy stock (See w: stock_option for further reading); compare put
call: To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of
call: order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
call: When a player matches the prior bet on the table, that action is termed the call
call: a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"
call: An Option contract that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying security at a specified price for a certain, fixed period of time See also Put
call: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
call: indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate"
call: Vocation; employment
call: rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A M this morning"
call: order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty"
call: If there is little or no call for something, very few people want it to be done or provided. `Have you got just plain chocolate?' --- `No, I'm afraid there's not much call for that.' = demand
call: make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"
call: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
call: To utter in a loud or distinct voice; often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company
call: If you call somewhere, you make a short visit there. A market researcher called at the house where he was living Andrew now came almost weekly to call. Call is also a noun. He decided to pay a call on Tommy Cummings
call: A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty
call: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
call: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
call: To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate
call: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
call: send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc ; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"
call: aven

call of

Turkish pronunciation

kôl ıv

Pronunciation

/ˈkôl əv/ /ˈkɔːl əv/

Etymology

[ 'kol ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hildecalla battle herald, Old High German kallOn to talk loudly, Old Church Slavonic glasu voice.