zelzele

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

Noun

zelzele

  1. earthquake
    Synonym: yer teprenüvi

Declension

Declension of zelzele
singular plural
nominative zelzele zelzeleler
genitive zelzeleniñ zelzelelerniñ
dative zelzelege zelzelelerge
accusative zelzeleni zelzelelerni
locative zelzelede zelzelelerde
ablative zelzeleden zelzelelerden

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زلزله (zelzele, zerzele), from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzæl.ze.le/
  • Hyphenation: zel‧ze‧le
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Noun

zelzele (definite accusative zelzeleyi, plural zelzeleler)

  1. (dated) quake: earthquake, marsquake, …
    Synonym: deprem

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zelzele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلزله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN