دبل

Gulf Arabic

Root
د ب ل
1 term

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English double

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəbəl/

Noun

دَبَل • (dabal) m (plural دَبَلات (dabalāt))

1. double

   سعر السهم صار دبل

   siʕr is-saham ṣār dabal

   The price of the stock became double

2. (in the plural) -fold

   اسعار التذاكر زادت اربع دبلات قبل الرحلة بيوم

   asʕār it-taḏākir zādat arbaʕ dabalāt gabḷ ir-riḥla b-yōm

   the prices of the tickets increased fourfold one day before the journey

Derived terms

• دوبل (dōbal, “to cause to double, to cause to increase twofold”)
• تدوبل (tdōbal, “to double, to increase twofold”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪbəl/

Noun

دِبَل • (dibal)

1. plural of دبلة (dibla)