كحل

See also: کچل‎ and ك ح ل‎

Arabic

Etymology

Cognates with Aramaic כוחלא‎ / ܟܘܚܠܐ‎ (kuḥlā). From Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, “antimony, stibium”).

Noun

كُحْل • (kuḥl) m (plural أَكْحَال‎ (ʔakḥāl))

  1. antimony
  2. kohl, stibnite (pulverized antimony)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Afar: kucúl
  • → English: kohl
  • → Ge'ez: ኵሕል (kʷəḥəl)
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: kil
    → Central Kurdish: کِل‎ (kil)
    → Southern Kurdish: کِڵ‎ (kill)
  • → Medieval Latin: alcohol (see there for further descendants)
  • → Persian: کحل‎ (kohl)

Verb

كَحَلَ • (kaḥala) I, non-past يَكْحُلُ‎ or يَكْحَلُ‎‎ (yakḥulu or yakḥalu)

  1. to rub with kohl (stibnite), to paint with kohl

Conjugation

Verb

كَحَّلَ • (kaḥḥala) II, non-past يُكَحِّلُ‎‎ (yukaḥḥilu)

  1. to rub with kohl (stibnite), to paint with kohl

Conjugation

Noun

كَحَل • (kaḥal) m

  1. black coloring of the edges of the eyelids

Declension

Adjective

كَحِل • (kaḥil)

  1. darkened with kohl, dyed black (of the eyelids)

Declension

Noun

كَحْل • (kaḥl) m

  1. verbal noun of كَحُلَ (kaḥula) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of كَحَلَ (kaḥala) (form I)
  3. Rubbing the eyelids with kohl.

Declension

Further reading

  • Hille, K. A. (1851), “Ueber den Gebrauch und die Zusammensetzung der orientalischen Augenschminke (الكُحْل)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 5, pages 236–242
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 40
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 61

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَكْحَل‎ (ʔakḥal, “black, very dark grey or blue, the colour of kohl”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kħal/
  • (file)

Adjective

كحل • (kḥal) (feminine كحلا‎ (kaḥla), common plural كوحل‎ (kūḥel), masculine plural كحلين‎ (kaḥlīn), feminine plural كحلات‎ (kaḥlāt), elative أكحل‎ (ʔakḥal) or كحل (kḥal))

  1. black

See also

Colors in Moroccan Arabic · ألوان‎ (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     بيض‎ (byaḍ)      رمادي‎ (rmādi)      كحل (kḥal)
             حمر‎ (ḥmar); قرمزي‎ (qarmzi)              ليموني‎ (līmūni, laymūni), لتشيني‎ (litšīni); قهوي‎ (qahwi)              صفر‎ (ṣfar)
             ليمي‎ (līmi)              خضر‎ (ḵḍar)              نعناعي‎ (naʕnāʕi)
             سماوي‎ (smāwi)              لازوردي‎ (lāzūrdi)              زرق‎ (zraq)
             قوقي‎ (qūqi), موف‎ (mūv), بنفسجي‎ (banafsaji)              أرجواني‎ (ʔurjwāni)              وردي‎ (wardi), فجلي‎ (fajli)
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