An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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tail
  دم، دنباله  
dom (#), donbâlé (#)
Fr.: queue  

  1. The part that sticks out at the back of an animal’s body, and that it can move.

  2. Anything resembling such an appendage in form or position.

  3. → cometary tail.

Etymology (EN): M.E.; O.E. tægl, from P.Gmc. *tagla- (cf. O.H.G. zagal, Ger. Zagel “tail,” O.N. tagl “horse’s tail”).

Etymology (PE): Dom, variant domb, “tail;” Mid.Pers. dumb “tail;” Av. duma- “tail”; donbâlé, from domb + -âlé, -âl resemblance suffix, → -al.