زوال

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Arabic

Root
ز و ل (z w l)
7 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /za.waːl/

Noun

زَوَال • (zawāl) m

verbal noun of زَالَ (zāla) (form I)
end, passage, extinction, disappearance, vanishing, cessation
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Declension

Declension of noun زَوَال (zawāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوَال zawāl	الزَّوَال az-zawāl	زَوَال zawāl
Nominative	زَوَالٌ zawālun	الزَّوَالُ az-zawālu	زَوَالُ zawālu
Accusative	زَوَالًا zawālan	الزَّوَالَ az-zawāla	زَوَالَ zawāla
Genitive	زَوَالٍ zawālin	الزَّوَالِ az-zawāli	زَوَالِ zawāli

Descendants

→ Armenian: զավալ (zaval)
→ Azerbaijani: zəval
→ Ottoman Turkish: زوال (zeval)
- Turkish: zeval
→ Persian: زوال (zavâl)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: ज़वाल (zavāl)
  Urdu: زوال (zvāl)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਵਾਲ (zavāl)
  Shahmukhi script: زوال (zavāl)
→ Uyghur: زاۋال (zawal)
→ Uzbek: zavol

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	zawāl
Dari reading^?	zawāl
Iranian reading^?	zavâl
Tajik reading^?	zavol

Noun


Iranian Persian	زوال
Dari	زوال
Tajik	завол

زوال • (zavâl)

decadence, decline, dissolution, downfall
- 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “The tale of the nightingale”, in منطق‌الطیر [The Conference of the Birds]‎:
  گل اگرچه هست بس صاحب جمال
  حسن او در هفته‌ای گیرد زوال
  gul agarči hast bas sāhib-i jamāl
  husn-i ō dar hafta'ē gīrad zawāl
  Though the rose possesses much beauty,
  Its prettiness finds ruin in one week.
  (Classical romanization)
- 1972, احمد شاملو, آیدا، درخت و خنجر و خاطره:
  بردگانتان را همه بفروخته‌اید
  که برده‌داری
  نشان زوال و تباهی است.
  bardegân-etân râ hame beforuxte'id
  ke barde-dâri
  nešân-e zavâl o tabâhi ast.
  Sell away all your slaves,
  For slaveholding
  Is the sign of ruin and devastation.

Derived terms

زوال پذیرفتن (zavâl paziroftan)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ज़वाल (zavāl)

Urdu: زوال (zvāl)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਵਾਲ (zavāl)

Shahmukhi script: زوال (zavāl)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زوال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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