نگال

Persian

Etymology

Prefixed *ni- to the same stem as زغال (zoğâl, “coal”) which is prefixed *uc-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈɡɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.ɡɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɡɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɡɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	nigāl
Dari reading?	nigāl
Iranian reading?	negâl
Tajik reading?	nigol

Noun

نگال • (negâl)

1. (obsolete) coal
2. a date variety
   • 2025 January 29, مطهره جهانی, “برداشت خرما در سیستان و بلوچستان از مرز ۱۵۵هزار تن فراتر رفت”, in IRNA‎^[1]:

     اردشیر شهرکی روز دوشنبه در گفت و گو با خبرنگار ایرنا اظهارکرد: برداشت خرما از تیر در سیستان و بلوچستان با ارقام زودرس شامل کتومی، نگال و آشوبه شروع و با ارقام دیررس مایکلی و هلیله در آبان به پایان می‌رسد.

     Ardeshir Shahraki stated in an interview with IRNA on Monday: The date harvest in Sistan and Baluchestan commences in July with early varieties including Katumi, Negal, and Ashube, and runs out in November with late varieties such as Michaeli and Halile.

Further reading

• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 163 Nr. 742
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “نگال”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1342b