See also: کچل and ك ح ل

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Borrowed from Aramaic כוחלא / ܟܘܚܠܐ (kuḥlā), from Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, antimony, stibium).

Noun

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كُحْل (kuḥlm (plural أَكْحَال (ʔakḥāl))

  1. antimony
  2. kohl, stibnite (pulverized antimony)
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Descendants
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  • Afar: kucúl
  • English: kohl
  • Ge'ez: ኵሕል (kʷəḥəl)
  • Japanese: クハル (kuharu), Japanese: クフル (kufuru)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: kil
    Central Kurdish: کِل (kil)
    Southern Kurdish: کِڵ (kill)
  • Medieval Latin: alcohol (see there for further descendants)
  • Persian: کحل (kohl)

Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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كَحَلَ (kaḥala) I (non-past يَكْحُلُ (yakḥulu) or يَكْحَلُ (yakḥalu), verbal noun كَحْل (kaḥl))

  1. to rub with kohl (stibnite), to paint with kohl
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Etymology 1.3

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Verb

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كَحَّلَ (kaḥḥala) II (non-past يُكَحِّلُ (yukaḥḥilu), verbal noun تَكْحِيل (takḥīl))

  1. to rub with kohl (stibnite), to paint with kohl
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Etymology 1.4

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Noun

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كَحَل (kaḥalm

  1. black coloring of the edges of the eyelids
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Etymology 1.5

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Adjective

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كَحِل (kaḥil)

  1. darkened with kohl, dyed black (of the eyelids)
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Etymology 1.6

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Noun

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كَحْل (kaḥlm

  1. verbal noun of كَحُلَ (kaḥula) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of كَحَلَ (kaḥala) (form I)
  3. rubbing the eyelids with kohl
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Further reading

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  • Hille, K. A. (1851) “Ueber den Gebrauch und die Zusammensetzung der orientalischen Augenschminke (الكُحْل)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 5, pages 236–242
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 40
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 61

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَكْحَل (ʔakḥal, black, very dark grey or blue, the colour of kohl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kħal/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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كحل (kḥal) (feminine كحلا (kaḥla), common plural كوحل (kūḥel), masculine plural كحلين (kaḥlīn), feminine plural كحلات (kaḥlāt), elative أكحل (ʔakḥal) or كحل (kḥal))

  1. black

See also

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Colors in Moroccan Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     بيض (byaḍ)      رمادي (rmādi)      كحل (kḥal)
             حمر (ḥmar); قرمزي (qarmzi)              ليموني (līmūni, laymūni), لتشيني (litšīni); قهوي (qahwi)              صفر (ṣfar)
             ليمي (līmi)              خضر (ḵḍar)              نعناعي (naʕnāʕi)
             سماوي (smāwi)              لازوردي (lāzūrdi)              زرق (zraq)
             قوقي (qūqi), موڤ (mūv), بنفسجي (banafsaji)              أرجواني (ʔurjwāni)              وردي (wardi), فجلي (fajli)