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ظِلّ

[dˤill]

noun

LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Meaning
  1. shadow
  2. shade
  3. A dark area produced by an object coming between light and a surface, or the cool area protected from direct sunlight.
Examples

جلست تحت ظِلّ الشجرة.

I sat in the shade of the tree.

Pronunciationdˤill

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThe word can mean both the physical shadow cast by an object and the shade provided by protection from the sun.

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ظِلّ in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.