فيل

العربية

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فيل

/fiːl/

Rhymes with -iːl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle Persian pyl (/⁠pīl⁠/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru).

Cognate with Aramaic פִּילָא (pīlā) and Hebrew פיל (píl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił), Persian پیل (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).

noun فِيل · fīl · فِيَلَة · فُيُول · أَفْيَال · فِيلَة

elephant أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ ٱلْفِيلِ
bishop (use the dual to pluralize)

In English

elephant mammal
bishop chess piece

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"فيل." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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فيل. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فيل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}