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Where does “فِيل” come from?

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

فِيل (Arabic): elephant; the elephant

Definitions

  1. elephant; the elephant

Ancestry of “فِيل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianpylelephant; bishop
2Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “فِيل”

  • marfil
  • alfil
  • marfil
  • fil
  • фил
  • عَظْم اَلْفِيل
  • alfil
  • fil
  • fílsbein
  • fíll
  • فیل
  • fíll
  • fil
  • fílur
  • فیل
  • فیل
  • фил
  • фил
  • almalfil
  • fîl
  • fîl
  • пил
  • фил
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