Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Persian پلپل (pelpel), from Indo-Aryan.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

فِلْفِل (filfilm

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

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  • Persian: فلفل (felfel)

Verb edit

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

  1. to put pepper on
  2. to curl

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Etymology edit

Reborrowed 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 edit

 

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Persian پلپل (pelpel).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

فلفل (filfilm

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

Derived terms edit