زوال

Arabic

Root
ز و ل (z-w-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.waːl/

Noun

زَوَال • (zawāl) m

1. verbal noun of زَالَ (zāla) (form I)
2. end, passage, extinction, disappearance, vanishing, cessation
3. noon

Declension

Declension of noun زَوَال (zawāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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

• → Ottoman Turkish: زوال (zeval)
  • Turkish: zeval
• → Persian: زوال (zavâl)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ज़वाल (zavāl)

    Urdu: زوال (zvāl)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਵਾਲ (zavāl)

    Shahmukhi script: زوال (zavāl)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [za.wɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.wɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.wɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.wɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.wɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.vɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.vɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	zawāl
Dari reading?	zawāl
Iranian reading?	zavâl
Tajik reading?	zavol

Noun

Dari	زوال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	завол

زوال • (zavâl)

1. 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.

     (Classical romanization)

   • 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.

Derived terms

• زوال پذیرفتن (zavâl paziroftan)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़वाल (zavāl)

  Urdu: زوال (zvāl)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਵਾਲ (zavāl)

  Shahmukhi script: زوال (zavāl)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زوال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press