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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زَلْزَلَه (zalzala), from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala). First attested in c. 1739 as Middle Hindi زلزلہ (zlzlh /zalzala/).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /zəl.zə.lɑː/, , /d͡ʒəl.d͡ʒə.lɑː/,
- Hyphenation: ज़ल‧ज़‧ला
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
ज़लज़ला • (zalzalā) m (Urdu spelling زَلْزَلَہ)
- (rare) earthquake, seism
- Synonyms: भूकंप (bhūkamp), भूचाल (bhūcāl)
Declension
Declension of ज़लज़ला (masc ā-stem)
Further reading
- “ज़लज़ला”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़लज़ला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 362
- Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “zalzalā”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 925.