برميل

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barril, from Old French baril, from Proto-Germanic *barilaz (barrel, jug, container), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to bear, to carry, to transport).

Noun

بِرْمِيل (birmīl) m (plural بَرَامِيل (barāmīl))

  1. barrel, cask, keg, drum
  2. container placed on roofs to collect rainwater
  3. (measurement) a unit of oil
  4. (colloquial) bomb, exploding-barrel
  5. (idiomatic) proceeded by مِن (min), a draught, a drink (literally from the barrel or keg)

Declension

References

  • برميل” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), برميل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
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