پیل
Bakhtiari
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːl/
Noun
پیل (pīl)
Eshtehardi
Adjective
پیل (transliteration needed)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil, “elephant”), from Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/), ultimately from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/pīru/). Doublet of فیل (fil, “elephant”).
Noun
پیل • (pil) (definite accusative پیلی (pili), plural پیللر (piller))
- elephant, a mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw
- Synonym: فیل (fil)
- (chess) bishop, the chess piece which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant")
- Synonyms: سطرنج فیلی (satranc fili), فیل (fil)
Derived terms
- پیل آبكش (pil abkeş, “raincloud”, literally “elephant that dregs water”)
- پیل بالا (pil bala, “gigantic, enormous”)
- پیل هوایی (pil-i havayî, “raincloud”)
- پیلبان (pilbân, “mahout, elephant keeper”)
- پیلبند (pilbend, “bishop's check”)
- پیلتن (pilten, “huge, gigantic”)
- پیلزهره (pilzehre, “bold as an elephant”)
- پیلزور (pilzur, “strong as an elephant”)
- پیلسم (pilsem, “massive and strong”)
- پیلكوش (pilguş, “Florentine iris”)
- پیلمال (pilmal, “rout, destruction”)
- پیلمرغ (pilmurg, “turkey”)
- پیلوار (pilvâr, “like an elephant”)
- پیلپا (pilpa, “elephantiasis on the leg”)
Descendants
- Turkish: pil
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pil2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3854
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “pil”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1037
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 332
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Elephantus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 457
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “پیل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 1004
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 467
Pashto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pil/
Noun
پیل • (pil) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پیل (pil) | پیلان (pilân) |
| oblique | پیل (pil) | پیلانو (pilâno) |
| vocative | پیله (pila) | پیلانو (pilâno) |
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈpiːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰil]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pīl |
| Dari reading? | pīl |
| Iranian reading? | pil |
| Tajik reading? | pil |
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /pīl/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).
Noun
پیل • (pil)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
پیل • (pil)
Etymology 3
Proper noun
پیل • (pil)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پیل (pīl). Cognate with Pashto پيل (pil).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /piːl/
- Rhymes: -iːl
Noun
پِیل • (pīl) m (Hindi spelling पील)
Derived terms
- پِیل بَنْد (pīl band)
- پِیلبان (pīlbān)
- پِیلخانَہ (pīlxāna)
- پِیلمُرْغ (pīlmurġ)
- پِیلپا (pīlpā, “elephant-footed; affected with elephantiasis”)
- پِیلپایَہ (pīlpāya, “pillar, column”)
References
- “پیل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پيل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “پيل”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC