فیل

See also: فيل‎ and قيل‎

Central Kurdish
فیل

Noun

فیل (fîl)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl).

Noun

فیل • (fil)

  1. elephant

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Turkish: fil
  • → Serbo-Croatian: fȉl / фи̏л

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl), itself from Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/), ultimately from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/pīru/). Doublet of پیل‎ (pil).

Pronunciation

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Noun
Dari فیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik фил (fil)

فیل • (fil) (plural فیل‌ها‎ (fil-hâ) or فیلان‎ (filân))

  1. elephant
    Synonym: پیل‎ (pil)
  2. bishop (chess)

See also
Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج‎ (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
شاه‎ (šâh) وزیر‎ (vazir) رخ‎ (rox),
قلعه‎ (qal'e)		 فیل (fil) اسب‎ (asb) پیاده‎ (piyâde),
سرباز‎ (sarbâz)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فیل‎ (fīl), from Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl).

Pronunciation

Noun

فیل • (fīl) m (Hindi spelling फ़ील)

  1. elephant
    Synonyms: پیل‎ (pīl), ہاتھی‎ (hāthī), ہستی‎ (hastī), گج‎ (gaj)
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