شل

See also: سل‎

Pashto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃəl/

Numeral

شل • (šël)

twenty

Persian

Etymology 1

Adjective

شل • (šol)

soft, limp
loose, lax

Etymology 2

Cognate with Mazanderani اشکل‎ (eškel, “thigh, thighbone”), from Proto-Indo-European *skelo-.

Noun

شل • (šal)

thigh of a man
thin, colored leather

Derived terms

شلوار‎ (šalvâr)

Etymology 3

Noun

شل • (šel)

spear, javelin
trident, harpoon

Etymology 4

Akin to Arabic شَلّ‎ (šall), an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective

شل • (šal)

lame

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “شل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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