پلپل

See also: بلبل

Baluchi

Noun

پلپل • (pilpil)

1. pepper

See also

• مرچ (mirc)

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from an Indo-Aryan language; see Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali). Akin to Old Armenian պղպեղ (płpeł), Old Georgian პილპილი (ṗilṗili), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

پلپل • (pilpil) (plural پلپل‌ها (pilpil-hā)) (Classical Transliteration)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of فلفل (felfel, “pepper”)
   • 11^th 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!

     (Classical Transliteration)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فِلْفِل (filfil)
  • → Persian: فلفل (felfel)
• →⇒ Arabic: فَلَافِل (falāfil) (see there for further descendants)
• → Baluchi: پلپل (pilpil)
• → Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל (pílpel)
• → Swahili: pilipili

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پلپل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press