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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian زمستان (zemestân).
Noun
zimistan (definite accusative zimistanı, plural zimistanlar)
- (poetic) winter
- Synonym: qış
prior to 1911, Aşıq Alı, Qara yaz; republished as Aşıq Alı. Əsərləri, Baku, 2013, page 135:Zimistanda tәnha qaldım sәhrada,
Nuri-çeşmim aparıbdı qar, ayaz.
Ümid etdim bahar gülәr üzümә,
İqbalımdan yenә gәldi qara yaz- I was left alone in a wasteland at winter
The light of my eyes carried away by snow and by frost
I hoped spring would smile at me
Such is my fortune, the spring turned back to snow
Declension
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