ܟܘܚܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Inherited from Aramaic; cognates Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) and Hebrew כָּחָל (kāḥāl). Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, “antimon, stibium”) is probably a Semitic loanword.

Alternative forms

• ܟܚܠܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuħlɑ]

Noun

ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥlā) m(uncountable)

1. kohl
2. stibium, antimony

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܚܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܚܘܠ		1st person	ܟܘܚܠܝ		ܟܘܚܠܢ
	construct	ܟܚܘܠ		2nd person	ܟܘܚܠܟ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝ	ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܚܠܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: كُحل
  • Moroccan Arabic: كحول (kḥūl)
  • → Afar: kucúl
  • → Classical Persian: کُحْل (kuhl)
  • → English: kohl
  • → Ge'ez: ኵሕል (kʷəḥəl)
  • → Japanese: クハル (kuharu), クフル (kufuru)
  • → Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: kil

    Central Kurdish: کِل (kil)

    Southern Kurdish: کِڵ (kill)

  • → Medieval Latin: alcohol (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Verbal noun of ܟܚܠ (kaḥḥel, “to apply kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuħħɑlɑ]

Noun

ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥḥālā) m(uncountable)

1. use of kohl, application of kohl to the eyes

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܚܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܚܠ		1st person	ܟܘܚܠܝ		ܟܘܚܠܢ
	construct	ܟܘܚܠ		2nd person	ܟܘܚܠܟ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝ	ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܚܠܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ

References

• “kwḥl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 154b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 207b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009), A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 604b