زوال
Arabic
editRoot |
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ز و ل (z w l) |
7 terms |
Pronunciation
editNoun
editزَوَال • (zawāl) m
- verbal noun of زَالَ (zāla) (form I)
- end, passage, extinction, disappearance, vanishing, cessation
- noon
Declension
editDeclension of noun زَوَال (zawāl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَوَال zawāl |
الزَّوَال az-zawāl |
زَوَال zawāl |
Nominative | زَوَالٌ zawālun |
الزَّوَالُ az-zawālu |
زَوَالُ zawālu |
Accusative | زَوَالًا zawālan |
الزَّوَالَ az-zawāla |
زَوَالَ zawāla |
Genitive | زَوَالٍ zawālin |
الزَّوَالِ az-zawāli |
زَوَالِ zawāli |
Descendants
editPersian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [za.wɑːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæ.vɒːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zä.vɔl]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zawāl |
Dari reading? | zawāl |
Iranian reading? | zavâl |
Tajik reading? | zavol |
Noun
editDari | زوال |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | завол |
زوال • (zavâl)
- decadence, decline, dissolution, downfall
- 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “The tale of the nightingale”, in منطقالطیر [The Conference of the Birds][1]:
- گل اگرچه هست بس صاحب جمال
حسن او در هفتهای گیرد زوال- gul agarči hast bas sāhib-i jamāl
husn-i ō dar hafta'ē gīrad zawāl - Though the rose possesses much beauty,
Its prettiness finds ruin in one week.
- gul agarči hast bas sāhib-i jamāl
- 1972, احمد شاملو, آیدا، درخت و خنجر و خاطره:
- بردگانتان را همه بفروختهاید
که بردهداری
نشان زوال و تباهی است.- bardegân-etân râ hame beforuxte'id
ke barde-dâri
nešân-e zavâl o tabâhi ast. - Sell away all your slaves,
For slaveholding
Is the sign of ruin and devastation.
- bardegân-etân râ hame beforuxte'id
Derived terms
edit- زوال پذیرفتن (zavâl paziroftan)
Descendants
edit- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
References
edit- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زوال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
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