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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).
Noun
zelzele
- earthquake
- Synonym: yer teprenüvi
Declension
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish زلزله (zelzele, zerzele), from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzæl.ze.le/
- Hyphenation: zel‧ze‧le
Noun
zelzele (definite accusative zelzeleyi, plural zelzeleler)
- (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