"فیل" meaning in Persian

See فیل in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [fiːl] [Classical-Persian], [fiːl] [Dari, formal], [fiːl] [Dari, formal], [fiːl] [Kabuli], [fil̥] (note: Hazaragi), [fiːl̥] [Iran, formal], [fil] [Tajik, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Afsham23-فیل.wav Forms: fil [romanization], فیلها [plural], فیلان [plural]
Etymology: Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/), ultimately from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/). Doublet of پیل (pil). Etymology templates: {{der|fa|pal|𐭯𐭩𐭫|ts=pīl}} Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/), {{der|fa|akk|𒄠𒋛|ts=pīru}} Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/), {{dbt|fa|پیل|tr1=pil}} Doublet of پیل (pil) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|فیلها|or|فیلان|||f1tr=fil-hâ|f2tr=filân|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=fil|tr2=|tr3=}} فیل • (fil) (plural فیلها (fil-hâ) or فیلان (filân)), {{fa-noun|pl=فیلها|pl2=فیلان|tr=fil}} فیل • (fil) (plural فیلها (fil-hâ) or فیلان (filân))
  1. elephant Synonyms: پیل, کنجر
    Sense id: en-فیل-fa-noun-zQjExDFt Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Elephants Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Elephants: 89 11
  2. bishop (chess)
    Sense id: en-فیل-fa-noun-lW1Lrp4l Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Chess Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Chess: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: چس فیل (čos-e fil), فیلمرغ (fīl-murğ), شاه (šâh), وزیر (vazir), فرزین (farzin), رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e), اسب (asb), پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yai",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yagnobi: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yagnobi: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ce",
            "2": "пийл",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chechen: пийл (piı̇l)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chechen: пийл (piı̇l)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ჶილი",
            "bor": "1",
            "lb": "Fereydan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ჶილი (fili) — Fereydan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ჶილი (fili) — Fereydan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "फ़ील",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: फ़ील (fīl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: फ़ील (fīl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "піл",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: піл (pıl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: піл (pıl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "пил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: пил (pil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: пил (pil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "fîl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: fîl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: fîl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "پيل",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "pil"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: پيل (pil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: پيل (pil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tajik: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tajik: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tatar: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tatar: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "pil",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkmen: pil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkmen: pil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "فیل",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "fīl"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: فیل (fīl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: فیل (fīl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "پىل",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: پىل (pil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: پىل (pil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "fil",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: fil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: fil"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭯𐭩𐭫",
        "ts": "pīl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "𒄠𒋛",
        "ts": "pīru"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "پیل",
        "tr1": "pil"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of پیل (pil)",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/), ultimately from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/). Doublet of پیل (pil).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fil",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فیلها",
      "roman": "fil-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فیلان",
      "roman": "filân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "فیلها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "فیلان",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "fil-hâ",
        "f2tr": "filân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "fil",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "فیل • (fil) (plural فیلها (fil-hâ) or فیلان (filân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "فیلها",
        "pl2": "فیلان",
        "tr": "fil"
      },
      "expansion": "فیل • (fil) (plural فیلها (fil-hâ) or فیلان (filân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "čos-e fil",
      "word": "چس فیل"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fīl-murğ",
      "word": "فیلمرغ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šâh",
      "word": "شاه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "vazir",
      "word": "وزیر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "farzin",
      "word": "فرزین"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rox",
      "word": "رخ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qal'e",
      "word": "قلعه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "asb",
      "word": "اسب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "piyâde",
      "word": "پیاده"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sarbâz",
      "word": "سرباز"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Elephants",
          "orig": "fa:Elephants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elephant"
      ],
      "id": "en-فیل-fa-noun-zQjExDFt",
      "links": [
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "پیل"
        },
        {
          "word": "کنجر"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "fa:Chess",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop (chess)"
      ],
      "id": "en-فیل-fa-noun-lW1Lrp4l",
      "links": [
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fil̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fil]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9168 (fas)-Afsham23-فیل.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "فیل"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian doublets",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Akkadian",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "fa:Chess",
    "fa:Elephants",
    "ur:Elephants"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yai",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yagnobi: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yagnobi: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ce",
            "2": "пийл",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chechen: пийл (piı̇l)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chechen: пийл (piı̇l)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ჶილი",
            "bor": "1",
            "lb": "Fereydan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ჶილი (fili) — Fereydan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ჶილი (fili) — Fereydan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "फ़ील",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: फ़ील (fīl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: फ़ील (fīl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "піл",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: піл (pıl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: піл (pıl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "пил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: пил (pil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: пил (pil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "fîl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: fîl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: fîl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "پيل",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "pil"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: پيل (pil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: پيل (pil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tajik: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tajik: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "фил",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tatar: фил (fil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tatar: фил (fil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "pil",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkmen: pil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkmen: pil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "فیل",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "fīl"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: فیل (fīl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: فیل (fīl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "پىل",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: پىل (pil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: پىل (pil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "fil",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: fil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: fil"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭯𐭩𐭫",
        "ts": "pīl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "𒄠𒋛",
        "ts": "pīru"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "پیل",
        "tr1": "pil"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of پیل (pil)",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /⁠pīl⁠/), ultimately from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/). Doublet of پیل (pil).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fil",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فیلها",
      "roman": "fil-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فیلان",
      "roman": "filân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "فیلها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "فیلان",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "fil-hâ",
        "f2tr": "filân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "fil",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "فیل • (fil) (plural فیلها (fil-hâ) or فیلان (filân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "فیلها",
        "pl2": "فیلان",
        "tr": "fil"
      },
      "expansion": "فیل • (fil) (plural فیلها (fil-hâ) or فیلان (filân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "čos-e fil",
      "word": "چس فیل"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fīl-murğ",
      "word": "فیلمرغ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šâh",
      "word": "شاه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vazir",
      "word": "وزیر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "farzin",
      "word": "فرزین"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rox",
      "word": "رخ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qal'e",
      "word": "قلعه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "asb",
      "word": "اسب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "piyâde",
      "word": "پیاده"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sarbâz",
      "word": "سرباز"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elephant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "پیل"
        },
        {
          "word": "کنجر"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bishop (chess)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fil̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fiːl̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fil]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9168 (fas)-Afsham23-فیل.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Afsham23-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "فیل"
}

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