پلپل

See also: بلبل

Baluchi

Noun

پلپل • (pilpil)

  1. pepper

See also

Persian

Noun

پلپل • (pilpil) (plural پلپل‌ها (pilpil-hā))

  1. (archaic) alternative form of فلفل (felfel, pepper)
    • 11th Centry CE, Nasir Khusraw
      گر سرکه چکاندت کسی بر ریش
      بر پاش تو بر جراحتش پلپل
      gar sarki čikānadat kasē bar rēš
      bar pāš tō bar jirāhataš pilpil
      If someone poured vinegar on your wound,
      You sprinkle his with pepper as well!
      (Classical Transliteration)

Descendants

  • Arabic: فِلْفِل (filfil)
    • Classical Persian: فِلْفِل (filfil)
  • Aramaic: פלפלא (pelplā)
  • Baluchi: پلپل (pilpil)
  • Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל (pílpel)
  • Swahili: pilipili

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پلپل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press