عسل

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See also: غسل and غ س ل

Arabic

Root
ع س ل (ʕ s l)
2 terms
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Verb

عَسَلَ (ʕasala) I (non-past يَعْسِلُ (yaʕsilu), verbal noun عَسْل (ʕasl) or عُسُول (ʕusūl) or عَسَلَان (ʕasalān))

  1. (intransitive) to move, to vibrate, to shake
  2. (transitive) to admix with honey
  3. to feed honey

Conjugation

Verb

عَسَّلَ (ʕassala) II (non-past يُعَسِّلُ (yuʕassilu), verbal noun تَعْسِيل (taʕsīl))

  1. to produce honey (of bees)
  2. (transitive) to admix with honey
  3. to be as sweet as honey
  4. to sleep lightly, to nap
  5. (transitive) to feed and supply honey

Conjugation

Noun

عَسَل (ʕasalm (plural أَعْسَال (ʔaʕsāl) or عُسُول (ʕusūl))

  1. (uncountable) honey
    Synonym: شَهْد (šahd)

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: عسل (ʕasal)
  • South Levantine Arabic: عسل (ʕasal)
  • Persian: عسل ('asal)
  • Swahili: asali
  • Uyghur: ھەسەل (hesel)
  • Uzbek: asal

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَسَل (ʕasalm

  1. (uncountable, also figuratively) honey

Kalkoti

Verb

عسل (esil)

  1. laugh

Khalaj

Noun

عَسَل (əsəl) (definite accusative عَسَلی, plural عَسَللَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of əsəl (honey)

Declension

Persian

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عسل

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? asal
Dari reading? asal
Iranian reading? asal
Tajik reading? asal

Noun

Dari عسل
Iranian Persian
Tajik асал

عسل ('asal)

  1. honey
    Synonyms: انگبین (angabin), شهد (šahd)

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع س ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

عسل (ʕasalm

  1. honey

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عسل ('asal), from Arabic عَسَل (ʕasal).

Noun

عسل (asalm (Hindi spelling असल)

  1. honey

Synonyms