صيقل

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic סיקלא (sēqōlā), סקולא (sāqōlā, polisher). The Arabic root ص ق ل (ṣ-q-l) with its polishing meanings is derived from this occupation’s name.

Pronunciation

Noun

صَيْقَل (ṣayqalm (plural صَيَاقِل (ṣayāqil) or صَيَاقِلَة (ṣayāqila))

  1. (obsolete) polisher of swords, togishi (a specialist sharpening and polishing a sword after a swordsmith’s fabricating it)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ge'ez: ሰይቀል (säyḳäl)
  • Classical Persian: صَیْقَل (sayqal)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 254b
  • sql2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–