فلز

Arabic

Etymology

Via Aramaic, which is in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פְּלִיזָא (pəlizzā) and Classical Syriac ܦܠܸܙܵܐ (pəlezzā) and Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡱𐡫𐡦𐡠 (plzʾ) all meaning brass or bronze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.lizz/, /fi.lazz/

Noun

فِلِزّ or فِلَزّ • (filizz or filazz) m (plural فِلِزَّات (filizzāt) or فِلَزَّات (filazzāt))

  1. (obsolete) bronze or messing
  2. (obsolete) clinker of ores
  3. metal
    Synonym: مَعْدِن (maʕdin)
    فِلِزّ ثَقِيلfilizz ṯaqīlheavy metal

Declension

Derived terms

  • فِلِزِّيّ (filizziyy, metallic)
  • فِلِزٌّ قَلَوِيّ (filizzun qalawiyy, alkaloid metal, base)

Descendants

  • Persian: فلز (felez)

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِلِزّ (filizz).

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? filiz
Iranian reading? felez

Noun

فِلِز • (felez)

  1. metal
  • فِلِزی (felezi)

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “plync”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 275
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