زروک

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jaluš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aluš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelu-. Akin to Old Armenian տզրուկ (tzruk), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

زروک • (zoruk)

1. leech

   Synonym: زالو (zâlu)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زروك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul