See also: کچل and ك ح ل

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Aramaic כוחלא / ܟܘܚܠܐ (kuḥlā), from Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, antimony, stibium).

Noun edit

كُحْل (kuḥlm (plural أَكْحَال (ʔakḥāl))

  1. antimony
  2. kohl, stibnite (pulverized antimony)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afar: kucúl
  • English: kohl
  • Ge'ez: ኵሕል (kʷəḥəl)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: kil
    Central Kurdish: کِل (kil)
    Southern Kurdish: کِڵ (kill)
  • Medieval Latin: alcohol (see there for further descendants)
  • Persian: کحل (kohl)

Verb edit

كَحَلَ (kaḥala) I, non-past يَكْحُلُ or يَكْحَلُ‎ (yakḥulu or yakḥalu)

  1. to rub with kohl (stibnite), to paint with kohl

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

كَحَّلَ (kaḥḥala) II, non-past يُكَحِّلُ‎ (yukaḥḥilu)

  1. to rub with kohl (stibnite), to paint with kohl

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

كَحَل (kaḥalm

  1. black coloring of the edges of the eyelids

Declension edit

Adjective edit

كَحِل (kaḥil)

  1. darkened with kohl, dyed black (of the eyelids)

Declension edit

Noun edit

كَحْل (kaḥlm

  1. verbal noun of كَحُلَ (kaḥula) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of كَحَلَ (kaḥala) (form I)
  3. Rubbing the eyelids with kohl.

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Hille, K. A. (1851), “Ueber den Gebrauch und die Zusammensetzung der orientalischen Augenschminke (الكُحْل)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 5, pages 236–242
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 40
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 61

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَكْحَل (ʔakḥal, black, very dark grey or blue, the colour of kohl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kħal/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

كحل (kḥal) (feminine كحلا (kaḥla), common plural كوحل (kūḥel), masculine plural كحلين (kaḥlīn), feminine plural كحلات (kaḥlāt), elative أكحل (ʔakḥal) or كحل (kḥal))

  1. black

See also edit

Colors in Moroccan Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     بيض (byaḍ)      رمادي (rmādi)      كحل (kḥal)
             حمر (ḥmar); قرمزي (qarmzi)              ليموني (līmūni, laymūni), لتشيني (litšīni); قهوي (qahwi)              صفر (ṣfar)
             ليمي (līmi)              خضر (ḵḍar)              نعناعي (naʕnāʕi)
             سماوي (smāwi)              لازوردي (lāzūrdi)              زرق (zraq)
             قوقي (qūqi), موڤ (mūv), بنفسجي (banafsaji)              أرجواني (ʔurjwāni)              وردي (wardi), فجلي (fajli)