تيل

Chagatai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *til, *tïl (tongue; language). Cognate with Tatar and Bashkir тел (tel), Dolgan тыл, Kazakh тіл (tıl), Kyrgyz тил (til), and Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen dil.

Noun

تيل (til) (plural تيللار)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. (linguistics) language
    Synonym: زبان (zaban)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: تىل (til)
  • Uzbek:
    Latin script: til
    Cyrillic script: тил

Further reading

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تل (tel, til).

Pronunciation

Noun

تيل • (tīlm (collective, singulative تيلة f (tīla))

  1. fibre such as of flax or hemp or cotton, wire

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تل (tel, til).

Pronunciation

Noun

تيل (tīlm (plural تيول (tyūl))

  1. wire, metallic thread
  2. telegraph or power line etc.
  3. wire screen, window screen

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (tela), from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Cognate with Gujarati તેલ (tel), Hindustani تیل / तेल (tel), and Punjabi تیل / ਤੇਲ (tel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪eːlʊ/
  • Rhymes:

Noun

تيلُ • (telum

  1. oil