פיל

See also: פֿיל‎

Hebrew
שלושת מיני הפילים החיים כיום

Etymology

Uncertain, but usually regarded as a non-Semitic Afroasiatic loanword, see Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).

Other Semitic cognates include Aramaic פִּילָא‎ (pīlā) and Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʿił), Persian پیل‎ (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).

Noun

פִּיל • (píl) m (plural indefinite פִּילִים‎, singular construct פִּילֵי־‎)

  1. An elephant.

Further reading

Anagrams

Yiddish

Adjective

פיל • (fil)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of פֿיל‎ (fil).
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.