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фил

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Azerbaijani

Noun

фил (definite accusative фили, plural филләр)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of fil (elephant)

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Bashkir

Etymology

From Persian فیل (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfʲil̠]
  • Hyphenation: фил (one syllable)

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

фил (fil) m

  1. (cooking) glazing, coating, topping
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل (fil) (Turkish fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Middle Persian pyl (pīl), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).

Noun

фил (fil) m

  1. (archaic) elephant
    Synonym: слон (slon)
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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فیل (fil, elephant), from Arabic فِيل (fīl). . Replaced слон (slon).

Pronunciation

Noun

фил (fil) m anim (genitive фи́ла, nominative plural фи́лы, genitive plural фи́лов)

  1. (obsolete) elephant
    Synonym: слон (slon)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • фи̏љ

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فیل (fil) (modern Turkish fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Middle Persian pyl (pīl), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru). Akin to фѝлдиш.

Pronunciation

Noun

фи̏л m (Latin spelling fȉl) or фи̑л m (Latin spelling fȋl)

  1. (regional) elephant

Declension

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Synonyms

References

  • фил”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 283
  • фил”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 668
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Tajik

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фили Африқоӣthe African elephant

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian فِیل (fīl), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

Noun

фил (fil) (Persian spelling فیل)

  1. elephant

Inflection

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1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (филҳо (filho)), is also acceptable.

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1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (филҳо (filho)), is also acceptable.

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Tatar

Etymology

From Persian فیل (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant

Udi

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani fil or directly from Borrowed from Persian فیل (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant

Yagnobi

Etymology

From Tajik фил (fil), from Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

фил (fil)

  1. elephant

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