پلپل
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See also: بلبل
Baluchi[edit]
Noun[edit]
پلپل • (pilpil)
See also[edit]
- مرچ (mirc)
Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from an Indo-Aryan language; see Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali). Akin to Old Armenian պղպեղ (płpeł), Old Georgian პილპილი (ṗilṗili), Iranian borrowings.
Noun[edit]
پلپل • (pilpil) (plural پلپلها (pilpil-hā)) (Classical Transliteration)
- (archaic) Alternative form of فلفل (felfel, “pepper”)
- 11th Centry CE, Nasir Khusraw
- گر سرکه چکاندت کسی بر ریش / بر پاش تو بر جراحتش پلپل
- gar sarki čikānadat kasē bar rēš / bar pāš tō bar jirāhataš pilpil
- If someone poured vinegar on your wound, / you sprinkle his with pepper as well!
- 11th Centry CE, Nasir Khusraw
Descendants[edit]
- → Arabic: فِلْفِل (filfil)
- → Persian: فلفل (felfel)
- →⇒ Arabic: فَلَافِل (falāfil) (see there for further descendants)
- → Baluchi: پلپل (pilpil)
- → Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל (pílpel)
- → Swahili: pilipili
References[edit]
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پلپل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press