Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root د ل و (d-l-w). Compare Aramaic דָלִיתָא / ܕܳܠܻܝܬ݂ܳܐ (dālīṯā, vine; varicose vein).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دَالِيَة (dāliyaf (plural دَوَالٍ (dawālin), plural construct state دَوَالِي (dawālī))

  1. noria, waterwheel
    Synonyms: سَانِيَة (sāniya), ناعُورَة (nāʕūra), سَاقِيَة (sāqiya)
  2. vine
    Synonyms: جَفْنَة (jafna), كَرْمَة (karma)
  3. espalier, railing
    Synonyms: عَرِيش (ʕarīš), تَكْعِيبَة (takʕība), سَقِيفَة (saqīfa)
  4. (anatomy) deltoid
  5. (medicine) varix; varicosis

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Maltese: dielja
  • Middle Armenian: տոլի (toli, vine; varix), տոյլի (toyli), տելի (teli), տավալի (tavali)
  • Persian: دوالی (davâli, varicose vein)

References edit

  • dly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 173
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “دالية”, 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
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 88
  • Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt[3], 2nd edition, volume III, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, Constantinople, page 213
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տոլի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 416ab
  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎[4], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 183