كحل

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See also: کچل, and ك ح ل

Arabic

Etymology

Cognates with Aramaic כוחלא / ܟܘܚܠܐ (kuḥlā). From Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, antimony, stibium).

Noun

كُحْل (kuḥlm (plural أَكْحَال (ʔakḥāl))

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • 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

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

Conjugation

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Verb

كَحَّلَ (kaḥḥala) II (non-past يُكَحِّلُ (yukaḥḥilu), verbal noun تَكْحِيل (takḥīl))

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

Conjugation

Noun

كَحَل (kaḥalm

  1. black coloring of the edges of the eyelids

Declension

Adjective

كَحِل (kaḥil)

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

Declension

Noun

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

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Further reading

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  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kħal/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

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)