شيول

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش ي ل
2 terms

شيوَل

Etymology

From the root ش ي ل (š-y-l); “to lift”, phono-semantic matching of English shovel (pronounced even closer šēwil in Baharna Arabic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeː.wal/, [ˈʃe̞ː.wal]

Noun

شيول • (šēwal) ? (plural شيولات (šēwalāt))

1. loader

See also

• حَفَّار (ḥaffār, “excavator”)
• دَقَّاق (daggāg, “hydraulic breaker”)