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دَلْو
 
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Root
د ل و (d-l-w)

From Proto-Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ (dawlā, pail, bucket), Hebrew דְּלִי (dəlī, pail, bucket).

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دَلْو (dalwm or f (plural دِلَاء (dilāʔ) or أَدْلَاء (ʔadlāʔ) or أَدْلٍ (ʔadlin))

  1. pail, bucket
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  • Persian: دلو (dalv)

Etymology 2 edit

Root
د ل و (d-l-w)

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دَلْو (dalwm

  1. verbal noun of دَلَا (dalā) (form I)
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  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 63
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “دلو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 53

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Borrowed from Arabic دَلْو (dalw, pail, bucket).

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دلو (delv) (plural دلا or ادلا)

  1. pail, bucket, a container used to carry liquids
    Synonyms: آبریز (abriz), قوغه (koğa)
  2. (astronomy) Aquarius, a constellation of the zodiac
  3. (astrology) Aquarius, the zodiac sign for the water carrier

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دِلو (dilo) (Hindi spelling दिलो)

  1. vocative plural of دِل (dil, heart)