كحل

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See also: کچل and ك ح ل

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Aramaic כוחלא / ܟܘܚܠܐ (kuḥlā), from Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, antimony, stibium).

Noun[edit]

كُحْل (kuḥlm (plural أَكْحَال (ʔakḥāl))

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

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

كَحَل (kaḥalm

  1. black coloring of the edges of the eyelids

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

كَحِل (kaḥil)

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

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

كَحْل (kaḥlm

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

Declension[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Hille, K. A. (1851) “Ueber den Gebrauch und die Zusammensetzung der orientalischen Augenschminke (الكُحْل)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 5, pages 236–242
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kħal/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

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), موڤ (mūv), بنفسجي (banafsaji)              أرجواني (ʔurjwāni)              وردي (wardi), فجلي (fajli)