فیل دیشی

Ottoman Turkish
فیل دیشی

Etymology

From فیل (fil, “elephant”) + دیش (diş, “tooth”).

Noun

فیل دیشی • (fil dişi)

  1. elephant's tusk, one of a pair of elongated, pointed teeth that extend outside its mouth
  2. ivory, the hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants and other animals
    Synonym: عاج (ʿac)

Descendants
  • Turkish: fildişi
  • → Albanian: fildish
  • → Armenian: ֆիլտիշի (filtiši)
  • → Greek: φίλντισι (fílntisi)
  • → Romanian: fildeș
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: фѝлдиш
    Latin script: fìldiš

Adjective

فیل دیشی • (fil dişi)

  1. ivory (made in ivory)

Further reading
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