مسلة

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Arabic

مَسَالّ
مِسَلَّة
 مسلة on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

Tool noun from the root س ل ل (s-l-l).

Pronunciation

Noun

مِسَلَّة (misallaf (plural مِسَلَّات (misallāt) or مَسَالّ (masāll))

  1. packing needle
  2. obelisk

Descendants

  • Maltese: msella
  • Spanish: almazuela

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 75–76
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “مسلة”, 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 337
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مسلة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1117
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مسلة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 584