Pashto

Numeral

شل • ‎(šël)

1. twenty

Persian

Etymology 1

Adjective

شل • ‎(šol)

1. soft, limp
2. loose, lax

Etymology 2

Cognate with Mazanderani اشکل ‎(eškel, “thigh, thighbone”), from Proto-Indo-European *skelo-.

Noun

شل • ‎(šal)

1. thigh of a man
2. thin, colored leather

Derived terms

• شلوار ‎(šalvâr)

Etymology 3

Noun

شل • ‎(šel)

1. spear, javelin
2. trident, harpoon

Etymology 4

Akin to Arabic شَلّ ‎(šall), an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective

شل • ‎(šal)

1. lame

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “شل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul