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

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)
    • Baluchi: کندیل (kandill)
    • Gujarati: કંદીલ (kandīl)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: क़ंदील (qandīl), क़िंदील (qindīl)
      Urdu: قندیل
    • Kannada: ಕಂದೀಲು (kandīlu)
    • Marathi: कंदील (kandīl)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਦੀਲ (kandīl)
      Shahmukhi script: قَندِیل (qandīl)
  • 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.