پلپل

See also: بلبل

Baluchi

Noun

پلپل • (pilpil)

  1. pepper

See also

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from an Indo-Aryan language; see Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali). Akin to Old Armenian պղպեղ (płpeł), Old Georgian პილპილი (ṗilṗili), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

پلپل • (pilpil) (plural پلپل‌ها (pilpil-hā)) (Classical Transliteration)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of فلفل (felfel, “pepper”)
    • 11th Centry CE, Nasir Khusraw
      گر سرکه چکاندت کسی بر ریش / بر پاش تو بر جراحتش پلپل
      gar sarki čikānadat kasē bar rēš / bar pāš tō bar jirāhataš pilpil
      If someone poured vinegar on your wound, / you sprinkle his with pepper as well!
      (Classical Transliteration)

Descendants
  • → Arabic: فِلْفِل (filfil)
    • → Persian: فلفل (felfel)
  • →⇒ Arabic: فَلَافِل (falāfil) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Baluchi: پلپل (pilpil)
  • → Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל (pílpel)
  • → Swahili: pilipili

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پلپل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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