Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish زبل (zibil) and in some dialects from Azerbaijani zibil, ultimately from Arabic زِبْل (zibl). The Van dialect զըբիլ (zəbil) is probably borrowed via Northern Kurdish zibîl.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

զիբիլ (zibil)

  1. (colloquial) litter, rubbish, garbage, trash
    Synonym: աղբ (aġb)
    զիբիլը թափելzibilə tʿapʿelto carry the trash out
    զիբիլը քցելzibilə kʿcʿelto throw into trash
    զիբիլի ամանzibili amansmall container for wastes
    զիբիլի յաշիկzibili yašiktrash can, dustbin
    զիբիլի վեդրոzibili vedrotrash can, dustbin
  2. (colloquial) junk, garbage (worthless, low quality thing)
    ես էս զիբիլը չե՛մ ուտիes ēs zibilə čʿém utiI'm not going to eat this crap!
  3. (colloquial) trash can, garbage can, dustbin

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Adjective edit

զիբիլ (zibil) (superlative ամենազիբիլ)

  1. (colloquial) worthless, of low quality, good-for-nothing
    Synonyms: անարժեք (anaržekʿ), ստից (sticʿ), տուֆտա (tufta)
    չինական զիբիլ ապրանքčʿinakan zibil aprankʿcrappy Chinese product

Declension edit

Interjection edit

զիբի՜լ (zibi!l)

  1. (colloquial) untranslatable response, exclamation, showing that the speaker is annoyed
    Synonyms: չոռ (čʿoṙ), չոռ ու ցավ (čʿoṙ u cʿav), գրող ու ցավ (groġ u cʿav), զահրմար (zahrmar)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902) “զիպիլ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages