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Etymology

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From Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

Noun

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zelzele

  1. earthquake
    Synonym: yer teprenüvi

Declension

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish زلزله (zelzele, zerzele), from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzæl.ze.le/
  • Hyphenation: zel‧ze‧le
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Noun

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zelzele (definite accusative zelzeleyi, plural zelzeleler)

  1. (dated) quake: earthquake, marsquake, …
    Synonym: deprem

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zelzele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلزله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN