فلز

Arabic

Etymology

Via Aramaic, which is in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פְּלִיזָא‎ (pəlizzā) and Classical Syriac ܦܠܸܙܵܐ‎ (pəlezzā) and Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡱𐡫𐡦𐡠‎ (plzʾ) all meaning brass or bronze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.lizz/, /fi.lazz/

Noun

فِلِزّ or فِلَزّ • (filizz or filazz) m (plural فِلِزَّات‎ (filizzāt) or فِلَزَّات‎ (filazzāt))

  1. (obsolete) bronze or messing
  2. (obsolete) clinker of ores
  3. metal
    ‏فِلِزّ ثَقِيل‎ ― filizz ṯaqīl ― heavy metal

Declension

Derived terms

  • فِلِزِّيّ‎ (filizziyy, “metallic”)
  • فِلِزٌّ قَلَوِيّ‎ (filizzun qalawiyy, “alkaloid metal, base”)

Descendants

  • → Persian: فلز‎ (felez)

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فِلِزّ‎ (filizz).

Noun

فلز • (felez)

  1. metal
  • فلزی‎ (felezi)

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “plync”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 275
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