Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظلم, from Arabic ظُلْم (ẓulm, injustice).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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զուլում (zulum) (dialectal)

  1. catastrophe, disaster, calamity, great misfortune
    գլխին զուլում բերելglxin zulum berelto bring bad luck, to harm, to hurt
    գլխին զուլում գալglxin zulum galto get bad luck, to be unfortunate
  2. injustice, exploitation, oppression

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Adjective

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զուլում (zulum) (superlative ամենազուլում) (dialectal)

  1. catastrophic, disastrous, terrible
  2. ferocious, cruel, ruthless
  3. severe, intense, terrible

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “զուլում”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages