شيول

Hijazi Arabic

شيوَل

Etymology

From the root ش ي ل (š-y-l); “to lift”, phono-semantic matching of English shovel (pronounced even closer šēwil in Baharna Arabic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːwal/

Noun

شيول • (šēwal) (plural شيولات (šēwalāt))

1. loader

See also

• حَفَّار (ḥaffār, “excavator”)
• دَقَّاق (daggāg, “hydraulic breaker”)