قنديل

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Arabic

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    From Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (candle).

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    قِنْدِيل (qindīlm (plural قَنَادِيل (qanādīl))

    1. lamp
      Synonyms: مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), سِرَاج (sirāj), نِبْرَاس (nibrās), لَمْبَة (lamba), وَابُور (wābūr), بَابُور (bābūr), فَانُوس (fānūs), مِشْعَل (mišʕal), (obsolete) زُجَاجَة (zujāja), مِسْرَجَة (misraja), قِرَاط (qirāṭ)
      • 1996, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, لَا أَحَدَ يَنَامُ فِي ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة [No One Sleeps in Alexandria]:
        هَٰذَا ٱبْنُ آدَمَ حَقِيقِيٌّ. اِقْتَرَبَ أَكْثَرَ وَقَرَّبَ ٱلْقِنْدِيلَ إِلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ وَهَتَفَ
        hāḏā bnu ʔādama ḥaqīqiyyun. iqtaraba ʔakṯara waqarraba l-qindīla ʔilā wajhi l-ʔinsāni wahatafa
        This is a real human being! He came closer and shone the lamp in the human's face and exclaimed:
    2. candlestick, candelabrum
    3. thorny broom (Calicotome)

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    Hijazi Arabic

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    From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl).

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    قنديل (gandīlm (plural قناديل (ganādīl))

    1. jellyfish

    Moroccan Arabic

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    From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl).

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    قنديل (qandīlm (plural قنادل (qnādil))

    1. lamp
    2. jellyfish