ܢܪܓܝܠ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nārgīl), from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “coconut”). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (anārgēl), Persian نارگیل (nârgil), Arabic نَارْجِيل (nārjīl), and Hindi नारिकेल (nārikel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [narɡil], [nɑrɡil]

Noun

ܢܪܓܝܠ • (nargīl or nārgīl) m

1. coconut

References

• “nrgyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 353a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 951a