Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پِلْپِل (pilpil).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فِلْفِل (filfilm

  1. pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Classical Persian: فِلْفِل (filfil)

Verb

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فَلْفَلَ (falfala) Iq, non-past يُفَلْفِلُ‎ (yufalfilu)

  1. to put pepper on
  2. to curl

Conjugation

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فِلْفِل (filfil), from Persian پلپل (pelpel), from Indo-Aryan. Compare Old Armenian պղպեղ (płpeł), պղպիղ (płpił) and Georgian პილპილი (ṗilṗili), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? filfil
Dari reading? filfil
Iranian reading? felfel
Tajik reading? filfil

Noun

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Dari مرچ
Iranian Persian فلفل
Tajik филфил, мурч

فلفل (felfel) (plural فلفل‌ها (felfel-hâ))

  1. pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)
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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic فِلْفِل (filfil).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fil.fil/, [fɪl.fɪl]
  • Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

Noun

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فلفل (filfilm

  1. pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)

Derived terms

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