Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic ٴپىل
Cyrillic піл
Latin pıl
Yañalif pjl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian فیل (fīl), from Arabic فِيلٌ (fīlun), from Middle Persian pyl (/⁠pīl⁠/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/). Compare also Bashkir фил (fil), Tatar фил (fil), Azerbaijani fil, Turkish fil, etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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піл (pıl)

  1. elephant
  2. (chess) bishop

Declension

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See also

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Chess pieces in Kazakh · шахмат тастары (şaxmat tastary) (layout · text)
           
патша (patşa) уәзір (uäzır), патшайым (patşaiym) тура (tura) піл (pıl) ат (at) пешка (peşka), сарбаз (sarbaz)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Compare Russian полати (polati).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pʲiɫ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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піл (pilm inan (genitive по́лу, nominative plural поли́, genitive plural полі́в)

  1. bunk in a peasant cottage, between the stove and the opposite wall

Declension

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