Where does “عَظْم اَلْفِيل” come from?

عَظْم اَلْفِيل (Arabic) comes from Arabic فِيل, from Middle Persian pyl, from Latin pirum — a pear.

عَظْم اَلْفِيل (Arabic): elephant-bone

Definitions

  1. elephant-bone

Ancestry of “عَظْم اَلْفِيل”, step by step

عَظْم اَلْفِيل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic فِيل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفِيلelephant; the elephant
2Middle Persianpylelephant; bishop
3Latinpiruma pear

via Arabic عَظْم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَظْمbone

Words derived from “عَظْم اَلْفِيل”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Middle Persian pyl →Every word from Arabic فِيل →
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