قنديل

See also: قندیل

Arabic

FWOTD – 25 April 2016

Etymology

    From Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (“candle”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /qin.diːl/
      IPA(key): /qan.diːl/ (dialectal)

    Noun

    قِنْدِيل • (qindīl) m (plural قَنَادِيل (qanādīl))

    1. lamp
      Synonyms: مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), سِرَاج (sirāj), نِبْرَاس (nibrās), لَمْبَة (lamba), وَابُور (wābūr), بَابُور (bābūr), فَانُوس (fānūs), مِشْعَل (mišʕal), (obsolete) زُجَاجَة (zujāja), مِسْرَجَة (misraja), قِرَاط (qirāṭ)
      • 1996, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, لَا أَحَدَ يَنَامُ فِي ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة [No One Sleeps in Alexandria]:
        هَٰذَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ حَقِيقِيٌّ. اِقْتَرَبَ أَكْثَرَ وَقَرَّبَ ٱلْقِنْدِيلَ إِلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ وَهَتَفَ
        hāḏā bnu ʔādama ḥaqīqiyyun. iqtaraba ʔakṯara waqarraba l-qindīla ʔilā wajhi l-ʔinsāni wahatafa
        This is a real human being! He came closer and shone the lamp in the human's face and exclaimed:
    2. candlestick, candelabrum
    3. thorny broom (Calicotome)

    Declension

    Declension of noun قِنْدِيل (qindīl)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal قِنْدِيل
    qindīl     		الْقِنْدِيل
    al-qindīl     		قِنْدِيل
    qindīl
    nominative قِنْدِيلٌ
    qindīlun     		الْقِنْدِيلُ
    al-qindīlu     		قِنْدِيلُ
    qindīlu
    accusative قِنْدِيلًا
    qindīlan     		الْقِنْدِيلَ
    al-qindīla     		قِنْدِيلَ
    qindīla
    genitive قِنْدِيلٍ
    qindīlin     		الْقِنْدِيلِ
    al-qindīli     		قِنْدِيلِ
    qindīli
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal قِنْدِيلَيْن
    qindīlayn     		الْقِنْدِيلَيْن
    al-qindīlayn     		قِنْدِيلَيْ
    qindīlay
    nominative قِنْدِيلَانِ
    qindīlāni     		الْقِنْدِيلَانِ
    al-qindīlāni     		قِنْدِيلَا
    qindīlā
    accusative قِنْدِيلَيْنِ
    qindīlayni     		الْقِنْدِيلَيْنِ
    al-qindīlayni     		قِنْدِيلَيْ
    qindīlay
    genitive قِنْدِيلَيْنِ
    qindīlayni     		الْقِنْدِيلَيْنِ
    al-qindīlayni     		قِنْدِيلَيْ
    qindīlay
    plural basic broken plural diptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal قَنَادِيل
    qanādīl     		الْقَنَادِيل
    al-qanādīl     		قَنَادِيل
    qanādīl
    nominative قَنَادِيلُ
    qanādīlu     		الْقَنَادِيلُ
    al-qanādīlu     		قَنَادِيلُ
    qanādīlu
    accusative قَنَادِيلَ
    qanādīla     		الْقَنَادِيلَ
    al-qanādīla     		قَنَادِيلَ
    qanādīla
    genitive قَنَادِيلَ
    qanādīla     		الْقَنَادِيلِ
    al-qanādīli     		قَنَادِيلِ
    qanādīli

    Derived terms

    • قِنْدِيل الْبَحْر (qindīl al-baḥr)
    • قِنْدِيل نَفْط (qindīl nafṭ)

    Descendants

    • → Azerbaijani: qəndil
    • → Extremaduran: candil
    • → Galician: candil
    • → Leonese: candil
    • → Ottoman Turkish: قنديل (ḳandil)
      > Turkish: kandil (inherited)
    • → Persian: قندیل (qandil)
    • → Portuguese: candil
    • → Russian: кандиль (kandilʹ)
    • → Spanish: candil
    • → Swahili: kandili
    • → Uyghur: قەندىل (qendil)
    • → Uzbek: qandil

    Hijazi Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡan.diːl/

    Noun

    قنديل • (gandīl) m (plural قناديل (ganādīl))

    1. jellyfish

    Moroccan Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /qan.diːl/

    Noun

    قنديل • (qandīl) m (plural قنادل (qnādil))

    1. lamp
    2. jellyfish
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