پيل

See also: بیل, پیل, تىل, and پىل

Pashto

Etymology 1

Possibly from Old Hindi पहिल (pahila) (cf. Modern Hindi पहल (pahal, “start, beginning”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪl/

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Noun

پيل • (pail) m

1. start
2. commencement
3. beginning

Etymology 2

From Persian فیل (fil), itself an Arabic borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pil/

Noun

پيل • (píl) m

1. elephant

Declension

Declension of پيل

	singular	plural
direct	پيل (pil)	پيلان (pilân)
oblique	پيل (pil)	پيلانو (pilâno)
vocative	پيله (pila)	پيلانو (pilâno)