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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Middle Persian (nārgīl), from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “coconut”). Compare Middle Persian (anārgēl), Persian نارگیل (nârgil), Arabic نَارْجِيل (nārjīl), and Hindi नारिकेल (nārikel).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܪܓܝܠ • (nargīl or nārgīl) m
- coconut
References
- “nrgyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 353a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 951a