صيقل

See also: صیقل

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic סיקלא (sēqōlā), סקולא (sāqōlā, polisher). The Arabic root ص ق ل (ṣ-q-l) with its polishing meanings is derived form this occupation’s name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaj.qal/

Noun

صَيْقَل • (ṣayqal) m (plural صَيَاقِل (ṣayāqil) or صَيَاقِلَة (ṣayāqila))

  1. (obsolete) polisher of swords, togishi (a specialist sharpening and polishing a sword after a swordsmith’s fabricating it)
    • a. 604, An-Nābiḡa aḏ-Ḏubyānīy, يا دارَ مَيَّةَ بِالعَلياءِ فَالسَنَدِ (first line), archived from the original on 11 August 2021:
      طاوي المُصَيرِ كَسَيفِ الصَيقَلِ الفَرَدِ
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Declension

Descendants

  • Ge'ez: ሰይቀል (säyḳäl)
  • Classical Persian: صَیْقَل (sayqal)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 254b
  • sql2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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