دلو

Arabic

دَلْو

Etymology 1

From the root د ل و‎ (d-l-w). From Proto-Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ‎ (dawlā, “pail, bucket”), Hebrew דְּלִי‎ (dəlī, “pail, bucket”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dalw/

Noun

دَلْو • (dalw) m or f (plural دِلَاء‎ (dilāʔ) or أَدْلَاء‎ (ʔadlāʔ) or أَدْلٍ‎ (ʔadlin))

  1. pail, bucket
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Persian: دلو‎ (dalv)

Etymology 2

From the root د ل و‎ (d-l-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dalw/

Noun

دَلْو • (dalw) m

  1. verbal noun of دَلَا‎ (dalā) (form I)
Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 63
  • Freytag, Georg (1833), “دلو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 53

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَلْو‎ (dalw, “pail, bucket”).

Noun

دلو • (delv) (plural دلا‎ or ادلا‎)

  1. pail, bucket, a container used to carry liquids
    Synonyms: آبریز‎ (abriz), قوغه‎ (koğa)
  2. (astronomy) Aquarius, a constellation of the zodiac
  3. (astrology) Aquarius, the zodiac sign for the water carrier

Descendants

  • Turkish: delv

Further reading

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