نفط

Meaning

1. (uncountable) oil, petroleum, naphtha
2. (dated, uncountable) turpentine
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) a flammable mix used in war such as Greek fire
4. (countable, obsolete) a kind of cannon that projects such substance, lombard

Concepts

petroleum

oil

black gold

crude oil

petrol

kerosene

mineral oil

kerosine

naphtha

irritable

hot-tempered

blister

Petroleum

fossil oil

Synonyms

بترول

زيت

Translations

pétrole

petróleo

petrolio

Erdöl

petróleo

petrol

petroli

petroleum

aardolie

neft

petroleum

Petroleum

naphte

πετρέλαιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naftˤ/

Etymology

From Aramaic נִיפְטָא (nip̄ṭā) / נַפְטָא (nap̄ṭā) / ܢܷܦܛܳܐ (nep̄ṭā) / ܢܱܦܛܳܐ (nap̄ṭā), from Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 (napṭu, “naphtha”).