عسل

See also: غسل and غ س ل

Arabic

Root
ع س ل (ʕ-s-l)

Verb

عَسَلَ • (ʕasala) I, non-past يَعْسِلُ‎ (yaʕsilu)

  1. (intransitive) to move, to vibrate, to shake
  2. (transitive) to admix with honey
  3. to feed honey

Conjugation

Verb

عَسَّلَ • (ʕassala) II, non-past يُعَسِّلُ‎ (yuʕassilu)

  1. to produce honey (of bees)
  2. (transitive) to admix with honey
  3. to be as sweet as honey
  4. to sleep lightly, to nap
  5. (transitive) to feed and supply honey

Conjugation

Noun

عَسَل • (ʕasal) m (plural أَعْسَال (ʔaʕsāl) or عُسُول (ʕusūl))

  1. (uncountable) honey
    Synonym: شَهْد (šahd)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 47:15:
      وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّى
      wa-ʔanhārun min ʕasalin muṣaffan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: عسل (ʕasal)
  • South Levantine Arabic: عسل (ʕasal)
  • Persian: عسل ('asal)
  • Swahili: asali
  • Uyghur: ھەسەل (hesel)
  • Uzbek: asal

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʕə.səl/

Noun

عَسَل • (ʕasal) m

  1. (uncountable, also figuratively) honey

Kalkoti

Verb

عسل (esil)

  1. laugh

Khalaj

Noun

عَسَل (əsəl) (definite accusative عَسَلی, plural عَسَللَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of əsəl (honey)

Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Dari عسل
Iranian Persian
Tajik асал

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.sǽl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.sǽl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.sǽl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? asal
Dari reading? asal
Iranian reading? asal
Tajik reading? asal

Noun

عسل • ('asal)

  1. honey
    Synonyms: انگبین (angabin), شهد (šahd)

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع س ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.sal/, [ˈʕa.sal]
  • (file)

Noun

عسل • (ʕasal) m

  1. honey

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عسل ('asal), from Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Noun

عسل • (asal) m (Hindi spelling असल)

  1. honey

Synonyms

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