شاقول

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Arabic

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Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic *שָׁקוּלָא (*šāqūlā) from the root שׁ־ק־ל (š-q-l, related to sinking, weighing).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَاقُول (šāqūlm (plural شَوَاقِيل (šawāqīl))

  1. plumb line, plummet
    Synonyms: مِطْمَار (miṭmār), مِطْمَر (miṭmar), تُرّ (turr)

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References

  • شاقول” in Almaany
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شاقول”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 775
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 255
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شاقول”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 440
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شاقول”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 668

Ottoman Turkish

شاقول

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاقُول (šāqūl, plummet, plumb line), itself from Aramaic *שָׁקוּלָא (*šāqūlā).

Noun

شاقول (şakul)

  1. plummet, plumb line, a cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line
    Synonyms: اسقندیل (iskandil), سونده (sonda), گز (gez), مطمار (mıtmar)

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