See also: Kabil, Kâbil, and kabîl

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قابل (kabil).

Adjective

kabil (rare)

  1. possible
    Synonym: i mundur
    • 1761, Elbasan Gospel Manuscript, page 4, lines 8–11:
      𐔈𐔜𐔝𐔈 𐔏𐔀𐔁𐔍𐔐 / 𐔗𐔈𐔙 𐔏𐔈𐔝𐔈 𐔊𐔀𐔣𐔟𐔐𐔍𐔒 𐔇 𐔝𐔈 𐔒𐔍𐔙𐔈. / 𐔘𐔍 𐔁𐔀𐔎 𐔒𐔇 𐔎𐔟. 𐔇 𐔒𐔈 𐔋𐔍𐔓𐔝 𐔝𐔈 𐔒𐔈 𐔗𐔀/𐔊𐔟𐔀𐔓𐔍.
      është kabil / për këtë gazulim e të mirë. / qi baj me ju. e më gjint të më pa/guani.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*kabil”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 234

Mansaka

Noun

kabil

  1. bag

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Kabyle.

Noun

kabil m (plural kabili)

  1. Kabyle (person)

Declension

Tagalog

Noun

kabil (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. double chin (of fat people)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قابل (ḳābil, that receives, accepts, or admits, who has capacity, intelligence, clever, skillful, possible, capable, susceptible),[1][2] from Arabic قَابِل (qābil), active participle of قَبِلَ (qabila, to accept, to receive, to admit).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːˈbil/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧bil

Adjective

kabil

  1. (obsolete) Who accepts, accepter.
  2. (archaic) possible, doable
  3. (archaic) capable, skillful

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قابل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1405
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قابل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 918
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kabil1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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