غزال

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ز ل (ḡ-z-l) meaning "to be thin or delicate", "to be graceful", "to be agile or fleet", "to be sporting or playful", "to be capricious or hard to catch".

Pronunciation

Noun

غَزَال (ḡazālm (plural غِزْلَان (ḡizlān) or غِزْلَة (ḡizla), feminine غَزَالَة (ḡazāla))

  1. (zoology) gazelle
  2. (proscribed, dialectal) stag, hart; deer
  3. delicate person, attractive or graceful female

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 914

Moroccan Arabic

Root
غ ز ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

غزال (ḡzālm (plural غزلان (ḡuzlān), feminine غزالة (ḡzāla))

  1. gazelle

Adjective

غزال (ḡzāl) (feminine غزالة (ḡzāla), masculine plural غزالين (ḡzālīn), feminine plural غزالين (ḡzālāt))

  1. beautiful
    Synonyms: جميل (jmīl), زوين (zwīn)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ğazāl
Dari reading? ğazāl
Iranian reading? ğazâl
Tajik reading? ġazol, ġizol

Noun

Dari غزال
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғазол, ғизол

غزال (ğazâl)

  1. gazelle
    Synonym: آهو (âhu)
  2. beautiful, beloved

Descendants

  • Gujarati: ઘઝાલ (ghajhāl)