پلپل

پلپل

See also: بلبل‎

Baluchi

Noun

پلپل • (pilpil)

1. pepper

See also

• مرچ‎ (mirc)

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Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from an Indo-Aryan language; see Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali). Akin to Old Armenian պղպեղ (płpeł), Old Georgian პილპილი (ṗilṗili), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

پلپل • (pelpel) (plural پلپل‌ها‎ (pelpel-hâ))

1. (archaic) pepper
   • 11^th Centry CE, Nasir Khusraw

     ‏گر سرکه چکاندت کسی بر ریش / بر پاش تو بر جراحتش پلپل‎

     gar serke čekânadat kasi bar riš / bar pâš to bar jerâhataš pelpel

     If someone poured vinegar on your wound, / you sprinkle his with pepper as well!

Descendants

• → Arabic: فِلْفِل‎ (filfil)
  • → Persian: فلفل‎ (felfel)
• →⇒ Arabic: فَلَافِل‎ (falāfil) (see there for further descendants)
• → Baluchi: پلپل‎ (pilpil)
• → Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל‎ (pílpel)
• → Swahili: pilipili

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پلپل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press