زلزله

See also: زلزلة and زلزلہ

Azerbaijani

Noun

زلزله (zəlzələ) (definite accusative زلزله‌نی (zəlzələni), plural زلزلهلر (zəlzələlər))

1. Arabic spelling of zəlzələ

Declension

Declension of زلزله

	singular	plural
nominative	زلزله	زلزله‌لر
definite accusative	زلزله‌نی	زلزله‌لری
dative	زلزله‌یه	زلزله‌لره
locative	زلزله‌ده	زلزله‌لرده
ablative	زلزله‌دن	زلزله‌لردن
definite genitive	زلزله‌نین	زلزله‌لرین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• զէլզէլէ (zelzele), զէրզէլէ (zerzele) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala, “earthquake, seism”).

Noun

زلزله • (zelzele) (definite accusative زلزله‌یی (zelzeleyi), plural زلازل (zelâzil))

1. (seismology) earthquake, seism, a shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults

   Synonym: یر دپرنمه‌سی (yer deprenmesi)

Derived terms

• زلزله انداز (zelzele endâz, “earthquake”)
• زلزله نما (zelzele nümâ, “seismograph”)
• زلزله‌جك (zelzelecik, “small quake”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: zelzele
• → Albanian: zerzele
• → Armenian: զէրզէլէ (zērzēlē), զա̈լզա̈լա̈ (zälzälä)
• → Greek: τζερτζελές (tzertzelés)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zelzele”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5451
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zelzele”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1415
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زلزله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 645
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Terræ motus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1665
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زلزله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2459
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zelzele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلزله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zal.za.ˈla], [zil.zi.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪl.zɪ.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪl.zɪ.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪl.zɪ.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zil.zi.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zel.ze.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zil.zi.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zalzala, zilzila
Dari reading?	zilzila
Iranian reading?	zelzele
Tajik reading?	zilzila

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Noun

Dari	زلزله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зилзила, заминҷунбӣ

زلزله • (zelzele) (plural زلزله‌ها (zelzele-hâ))

1. earthquake, seism

   Synonyms: زمین‌لرزه (zamin-larze), بومَهین (bumahin)

Derived terms

• زلزله‌ای (zelzele-'i)
• زلزله‌شناس (zelzele-šenâs)
• زلزله‌شناسی (zelzele-šenâsi)
• مهندسی زلزله (mohandesi-ye zelzele)

Descendants

• Tajik: зилзила (zilzila)
• → Bagheli: जलजला (jaljalā)
• → Chagatai: زلزله
  • Uyghur: زىلزىلە (zilzile)
  • Uzbek: zilzila
• → Gojri: زَلْزَلو (zalzalo)
• → Haryanvi: जलजला (jaljalā)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़लज़ला (zalzalā)

  Urdu: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzala)

• → Kashmiri: زَلزَلہٕ (zalzalụ)
• → Kazakh: зілзала (zılzala)
• → Pashto: زلزله
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਲਜ਼ਲਾ (zalzalā)

  Shahmukhi script: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzalah)

• → Saraiki: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzalah)
• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: زَلْزِلو, زِلْزِلو

  Devanagari script: ज़ल्ज़िलो, ज़िलज़िलो, ज़िल्ज़िलो

  Khudawadi script: 𑋂𑋩𑋚𑋪𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zalzilo), 𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zilazilo), 𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋪𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zilzilo)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زلزله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 1016
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زلزلة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 619