مقلى

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Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ق ل ي (q-l-y) or ق ل و (q-l-w).

Noun

مِقْلًى (miqlanm (plural مَقَالٍ (maqālin), plural construct state مَقَالِي (maqālī))

  1. alternative form of مِقْلَاة (miqlāh, frying pan)
    • a. 869 CE, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “قصص أهل خراسان - النظام وجاره الخراساني”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Cairo, Egypt: Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, pages 74–75:
      حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَيَّارٍ النَّظَّامُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ مَرَّةً لِجَارٍ كَانَ لِي مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ: أَعِرْنِي مِقْلَاكُمْ فَإِنِّي أَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ. قَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ لَنَا مِقْلًى وَلَكِنَّهُ سُرِقَ. فَاسْتَعَرْتُ مِنْ جَارٍ لِي آخَرَ. فَلَمْ يَلْبَثِ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ أَنْ سَمِعَ نَشِيشَ اللَّحْمِ فِي الْمِقْلَى وَشَمَّ الطُّبَاهَجَ، []
      ḥaddaṯanī ʔabū ʔisḥāqa ʔibrāhīmu bnu sayyārin an-naẓẓāmu qāla: qultu marratan lijārin kāna lī min ʔahli ḵurāsāna: ʔaʕirnī miqlākum faʔinnī ʔaḥtāju ʔilayhi. qāla: qad kāna lanā miqlan walakinnahu suriqa. fāstaʕartu min jārin lī ʔāḵara. falam yalbaṯi l-ḵurāsāniyyu ʔan samiʕa našīša l-laḥmi fī al-miqlā wašamma ṭ-ṭubāhaja, []
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    • 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, الْمَدْخَلُ إِلَى تَقْوِيمِ اللِسَانِ وَتَعْلِيمِ الْبَيَانِ (al-madḵalu ʔilā taqwīmi l-lisāni wataʕlīmi l-bayāni) (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas; 6), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, Nr. 805, page 373:
      ويقولون الطَّاجِينُ. والصّواب الطَّيْجَنُ. وهو الطَّاجَنُ (var. الطاجِن) بالفارسيّة والْمِقْلَى بالعربيّة.
      They say ṭājīn. The right form is ṭayjan. And it is ṭājan or ṭājin in Persian and in Arabic miqlá.

Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ل ي
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مِقْلًى (miqlan). Compare Gulf Arabic مقلة (migḷa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /maʔ.la/,
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /maɡ.la/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

مقلى (maʔlaf (plural مقالي (maʔāli))

  1. frying pan
    Synonyms: مقلاية (maʔlāye), قلّاية (ʔallāye)