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فيل
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Arabic
Etymology
From Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/pīru/), related to Egyptian ꜣbw
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(root of English elephant).
Cognate with Aramaic פִּילָא (pīlā) and Hebrew פיל (píl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił), Persian پیل (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).
Pronunciation
Noun
فِيل • (fīl) m (dual فِيلَان (fīlān), plural فِيَلَة (fiyala) or فُيُول (fuyūl) or أَفْيَال (ʔafyāl), feminine فِيلَة (fīla))
Declension
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: فیل / фил / fil (fil)
- → Judeo-Tat: fil / фил / פאִל (fil / фил / fil)
- → Central Kurdish: فیل (fîl)
- → Middle Armenian: ֆիլ (fil)
- Armenian: ֆիլ (fil)
- → Old Norse: fíll
- → Ottoman Turkish: فیل (fil), ֆիլ (fil) — Armeno-Turkish
- → Persian: فیل (fil)
- → Old Spanish: alfil (“bishop (chess)”)
- ⇒ Arabic: عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “ivory”)
See also
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شَاه (šāh) | وَزِير (wazīr) | رُخّ (ruḵḵ) – قَلْعَة (qalʕa) | فِيل (fīl) | حِصَان (ḥiṣān) | بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy) |
References
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 230–231
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Chadian Arabic
Etymology
Noun
فيل • (fīl) m (plural فيلى (fayala))
References
- Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 48
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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