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قندفل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large or massive, particularly in reference to animals like camels or elephants. It can also denote a large head, especially in female camels.

Derived headwords

القندفيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Large/massive creatureboth

    A large, massive, or enormous creature, often used to describe a camel or an elephant.

  2. 2.
    Large-headed female camelclassical

    Specifically refers to a female camel that is large-headed.

قندويلnoun
  1. 1.
    Large-headed female camelclassical

    A large-headed female camel, as transmitted by Sibawayh.

الفيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Elephantboth

    The well-known large mammal, the elephant.

  2. 2.
    Rutting elephantclassical

    An elephant that is in rut or sexually aroused.

Parallel reading

القندفيل: الضخم
Al-Qandafīl: The massive.
أو هي الضخمة الرأس من النوق
Or it is the large-headed one among female camels.
وتحت رحلي جسرة ذمول مائرة الضبعين قندفيل للمرو في أخفافها صليل
And beneath my saddle is a strong, flowing female camel, large-headed in its flanks, with a ringing sound in its hooves.
والذي حكاه سيبويه: قندويل، وهي الضخمة الرأس أيضا
And what Sibawayh narrated is: Qandawīl, and it is also the large-headed one.
فأما القندفيل بالفاء فلم يروه إلا ابن الأعرابي
As for Al-Qandafīl with the 'fa', none narrated it except Ibn al-A'rābī.
وهو معرب: كنده بيل بالفارسية
And it is a Persian loanword: 'kandeh bīl'.
تشبيه لها بالفيل
Comparing it to an elephant.
والفيل المغتلم يقال له بالفارسية: كنده بيل
And the rutting elephant is called in Persian: 'kandeh bīl'.