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pīl (S. पीलु), s.m. Elephant; (in chess) the bishop;—pīl-bān, s.m. Elephant-keeper; elephant-driver;—pīl-bānī, s.f. The business of taking care of elephants:—pīl-band, s.m. The mutually supporting each other of a bishop and two pawns (at chess):—pīl-pā, s.m. & adj. Elephantiasis;—afflicted with elephantiasis:—pīl-pāya, s.m. lit. 'Elephant's foot'; elephantiasis;—a pillar, column:—pīl-tan, adj. Elephant-bodied, huge, gigantic:—pīl-dandān, s.m. Elephant's tooth, ivory:—pīl-murg̠ẖ, s.m. lit. 'Elephant-bird'; a turkey (=perū):—pīlnishīn, adj. & s.m. Sitting on an elephant;—elephant-rider.
Origin: Persian