زلزله
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Azerbaijani
Noun
زلزله (zəlzələ) (definite accusative زلزلهنی (zəlzələni), plural زلزلهلر (zəlzələlər))
- Arabic spelling of zəlzələ
Declension
Declension of زلزله
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | زلزله | زلزلهلر |
| definite accusative | زلزلهنی | زلزلهلری |
| dative | زلزلهیه | زلزلهلره |
| locative | زلزلهده | زلزلهلرده |
| ablative | زلزلهدن | زلزلهلردن |
| definite genitive | زلزلهنین | زلزلهلرین |
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- զէլզէլէ (zelzele), զէրզէլէ (zerzele) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala, “earthquake, seism”).
Noun
زلزله • (zelzele) (definite accusative زلزلهیی (zelzeleyi), plural زلازل (zelâzil))
- (seismology) earthquake, seism, a shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults
- Synonym: یر دپرنمهسی (yer deprenmesi)
Derived terms
- زلزله انداز (zelzele endâz, “earthquake”)
- زلزله نما (zelzele nümâ, “seismograph”)
- زلزلهجك (zelzelecik, “small quake”)
Descendants
- Turkish: zelzele
- → Albanian: zerzele
- → Armenian: զէրզէլէ (zērzēlē), զա̈լզա̈լա̈ (zälzälä)
- → Greek: τζερτζελές (tzertzelés)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zelzele”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5451
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zelzele”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1415
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زلزله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 645
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Terræ motus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1665
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زلزله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2459
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zelzele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلزله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): ,
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zalzala, zilzila |
| Dari reading? | zilzila |
| Iranian reading? | zelzele |
| Tajik reading? | zilzila |
Noun
| Dari | زلزله |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | зилзила, заминҷунбӣ |
زلزله • (zelzele) (plural زلزلهها (zelzele-hâ))
Derived terms
- زلزلهای (zelzele-'i)
- زلزلهشناس (zelzele-šenâs)
- زلزلهشناسی (zelzele-šenâsi)
- مهندسی زلزله (mohandesi-ye zelzele)
Descendants
- Tajik: зилзила (zilzila)
- → Bagheli: जलजला (jaljalā)
- → Chagatai: زلزله
- → Gojri: زَلْزَلو (zalzalo)
- → Haryanvi: जलजला (jaljalā)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kashmiri: زَلزَلہٕ (zalzalụ)
- → Kazakh: зілзала (zılzala)
- → Pashto: زلزله
- → Punjabi:
- → Saraiki: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzalah)
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic script: زَلْزِلو, زِلْزِلو
- Devanagari script: ज़ल्ज़िलो, ज़िलज़िलो, ज़िल्ज़िलो
- Khudabadi script: 𑋂𑋩𑋚𑋪𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zalzilo), 𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zilazilo), 𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋪𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zilzilo)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زلزله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 1016
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زلزلة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 619