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Etymology 1

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ض ل ع (ḍ-l-ʕ)?

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ضَلَعَ (ḍalaʕa) I, non-past يَضْلَعُ‎ (yaḍlaʕu)

  1. to side (مَعَ (maʕa), with)
  2. to make common cause (مَعَ (maʕa), with)
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ضَلُعَ (ḍaluʕa) I, non-past يَضْلُعُ‎ (yaḍluʕu)

  1. to be strong, sturdy, robust
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ضَلِعَ (ḍaliʕa) I, non-past يَضْلَعُ‎ (yaḍlaʕu)

  1. to be crooked, bent, curved, to curve
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ضَلَّعَ (ḍallaʕa) II, non-past يُضَلِّعُ‎ (yuḍalliʕu)

  1. to bend, curve, make crooked
  2. to stripe, to make have streaks
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Etymology 2

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Compare Hebrew צֵלׇע (tselá').

Noun

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ضَلْع (ḍalʕm

  1. verbal noun of ضَلَعَ (ḍalaʕa) (form I)
  2. affection, attachment
  3. sympathy
    ضَلْعُهُ مَعهُhe sympathizes with him
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ضِلْع or ضِلَع (ḍilʕ or ḍilaʕm (plural ضُلُوع (ḍulūʕ) or أَضْلَاع (ʔaḍlāʕ) or أَضْلُع (ʔaḍluʕ))

  1. (anatomy) rib
  2. cutlet, chop
  3. side (of a triangle)
  4. post, banister (of a balustrade)
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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ضَلَع (ḍalaʕm

  1. verbal noun of ضَلِعَ (ḍaliʕa) (form I)
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Persian

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Borrowed from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ).

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Readings
Classical reading? zil'
Dari reading? zil'
Iranian reading? zel'
Tajik reading? zilʾ

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ضلع (zel') (plural اضلاع (azlâ') or ضلع‌ها (zel'-hâ))

  1. side (bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ضلع (zil', side, edge), from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ, side, edge, division). Compare Nepali जिल्ला (jillā) and Marathi जिल्हा (jilhā).

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ضلع (zilām (Hindi spelling ज़िला)

  1. district