دول

See also: د و ل

Arabic

Noun

دُوَل • (duwal) f pl

1. plural of دَوْلَة (dawla)

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Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

• دولا (dōla)

Etymology

From Arabic أولاءِ (ʾulāʾi), plural of ذَا (ḏā), apparently with ḏa- prefixed by analogy with the singular forms (thus *ḏaʾulāʾi > *ḏawla > dōla). Compare the same in several other dialects.

Determiner

دول • (dōl) pl (f دي, m ده)

1. these

Pronoun

دول • (dōl) pl (f دي, m ده)

1. these

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dōl, “bucket; Aquarius”). Akin to Old Armenian դոյլ (doyl).

Noun

دول • (dul)

1. bucket, pail, pitcher
2. hopper of a mill
3. penis

Synonyms

• (bucket): سطل (satl)
• (penis): کیر (kir), آلت (âlat), چل (čol), نری (nari), قضیب (qazib), ذکر (zakar)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: դոխն (doxn)

Derived terms

• دولاب (dulâb)
• دولچه (dulče)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دول”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Proper noun

دول • (dul) (symbol ♒)

1. (astrology) Aquarius