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ظل

“ظل” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. shadow, shade
  2. reflection
  3. shady garden
  4. paradise
  5. protection, help, assistance
  6. dark cloud
  7. darkness
  8. night
  9. phantom, specter
  10. cover, lid, scabbard
  11. shape, figure, person
  12. the Sultan (as shadow of God on Earth)
  13. greatness, sublimity, distinction, eminence, rareness
  14. power, night
  15. colors of the day, shades of color, bloom of youth
  16. heat of summer
  17. fringe, hairy side of a cloth
  18. hue
  19. trace
  20. tangent (symbol: ظا, ظل)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣ill- (“shadow”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒈪 (ṣillum), Ugaritic 𐎑𐎍 (ẓl) and Biblical Hebrew צל (ṣel).

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