فلفل

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پِلْپِل (pilpil).

Pronunciation

Noun

فِلْفِل (filfilm

  1. (uncountable) pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)

Declension

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: فِلْفِل (filfil)

Verb

فَلْفَلَ (falfala) Iq (non-past يُفَلْفِلُ (yufalfilu), verbal noun فَلْفَلَة (falfala))

  1. to put pepper on
  2. to curl

Conjugation

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِلْفِل (filfil), from Persian پلپل (pelpel), from Indo-Aryan. Compare Old Armenian պղպեղ (płpeł), պղպիղ (płpił) and Georgian პილპილი (ṗilṗili), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? filfil
Dari reading? filfil
Iranian reading? felfel
Tajik reading? filfil

Noun

Dari مرچ
Iranian Persian فلفل
Tajik филфил, мурч

فلفل (felfel) (plural فلفل‌ها (felfel-hâ))

  1. pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فِلْفِل (filfil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fil.fil/,
  • Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

Noun

فلفل (filfilm

  1. pepper (including sweet peppers, chilis as well as black pepper)

Derived terms