بخيل

See also: تحيل and تخيل

Arabic

Root
ب خ ل (b-ḵ-l)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb بَخُلَ (baḵula).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.xiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Adjective

بَخِيل • (baḵīl) (feminine بَخِيلَة (baḵīla), masculine plural بُخَلَاء (buḵalāʔ), feminine plural بَخِيلَات (baḵīlāt), elative أَبْخَل (ʔabḵal))

  1. stingy, miserly, cheap

Declension

Noun

بَخِيل • (baḵīl) m (plural بُخَلَاء (buḵalāʔ), feminine بَخِيلَة (baḵīla))

  1. miser, skinflint, cheapskate, pinchpenny

Declension

Descendants

  • Cypriot Arabic: pxil
  • Azerbaijani: paxıl
  • Hausa: bàhīlī̀
  • Indonesian: bakhil
  • Ottoman Turkish: بخیل (bahil)
  • Persian: بخیل
  • Swahili: bahili
  • Zazaki: peğıl

Ushojo

Etymology

From Arabic بَخِيل (baḵīl).

Noun

بَخیل (baxīl)

  1. angry
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