Makḥūl
مكحول
Say it mak-HOOL
Kohl-lined eyes
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- k-ḥ-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Makhul, Makhool, Mekhul
Meaning & source
Kohl-lined: kuḥl is what is put on the eye, and an eye so lined is makḥūlah (Lisān).
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قَالَ ابْنُ سِيدَهْ: الكُحْل مَا وُضِع فِي الْعَيْنِ يُشتَفى بِهِ، كَحَلَها يَكْحَلها ويَكْحُلها كَحْلًا، فَهِيَ مَكْحُولة وكَحِيل، مِنْ أَعين كُحْلاء وكَحَائِل؛
Who carried this name
- Makḥūl, the jurist of Syria al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 57 (vol. 5, p. 155)