میل

See also: ميل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِيل (mīl), from Ancient Greek μήλη (mḗlē, “probe”).

Noun

میل • (mil)

  1. any pointed instrument, acute tool of iron
    1. probe
      Synonyms: اسقندیل (iskandil), سونده (sonda)
    2. a style wherewith stibium is applied to the lashes, needle for makeup
    3. drill, crowbar
Descendants
  • Turkish: mil

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَيْل (mayl), verbal noun of مَالَ (māla, “to lean”).

Noun

میل • (meyl)

  1. inclination, slant
  2. pivot, axle

Etymology 3

From Arabic مِيل (mīl), from Latin mīlle passuum (literally “a thousand of paces”).

Noun

میل • (mil)

  1. mile
  2. milestone, column, obelisk, boundary stone
Descendants

References
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 48
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “میل”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 900

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَيْل (mayl).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? mayl
Dari reading? mayl
Iranian reading? meyl
Tajik reading? mayl

Noun

میل • (meyl)

  1. inclination

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِيل (mīl).

Pronunciation

Noun

مِیل • (mīl) m (Hindi spelling मील)

  1. mile (unit of measurement)

Declension
Declension of میل
singular plural
direct میل (mīl) میل (mīl)
oblique میل (mīl) میلوں (mīlō̃)
vocative میل (mīl) میلو (mīlō)

References
  • “میل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “میل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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