زائل

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Arabic

Root
ز و ل (z w l)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb زَالَ (zāla, to disappear)

Pronunciation

Adjective

زَائِل (zāʔil) (feminine زَائِلَة (zāʔila))

  1. transient, fleeting, ephemeral
    وَكُلُّ نَعِيمٍ لَا مَحَالَةَ زَائِلُwakullu naʕīmin lā maḥālata zāʔiluAnd every pleasure no matter what, is bound to cease

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: زَائِل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic زَائِل (zāʔil), active participle of زَالَ (zāla).

Adjective

زائل (zail)

  1. disappearing; ending
  2. declining
  3. transitory

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zail”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زائل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 639b