زلال

Arabic

Root
ز ل ل (z l l)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zu.laːl/

Noun

زُلَال • (zulāl) m

  1. limpid, pure, clear (of water, etc)
  2. egg white, albumen
  3. (medicine, chemistry) albumin

Declension

Declension of noun زُلَال (zulāl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal زُلَال
zulāl 		الزُّلَال
az-zulāl 		زُلَال
zulāl
nominative زُلَالٌ
zulālun 		الزُّلَالُ
az-zulālu 		زُلَالُ
zulālu
accusative زُلَالًا
zulālan 		الزُّلَالَ
az-zulāla 		زُلَالَ
zulāla
genitive زُلَالٍ
zulālin 		الزُّلَالِ
az-zulāli 		زُلَالِ
zulāli

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: zülal
  • → Central Kurdish: زوڵاڵ (zullall)
  • → Northern Kurdish: zelal, زه‌لال (zelal)
  • → Persian: زلال
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زلال (zülal)
    • Turkish: zülal
    • → Armenian: զիւլալ (ziwlal)
  • → Uzbek: zilol

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic زُلَال (zulāl).

Noun

زلال • (zülal)

  1. cold, clear, pure water
  2. (chemistry) albumin
    تبول زلال ― tebevvül-i zülal ― albuminuria
  3. albumen

Descendants

  • Turkish: zülal
  • → Armenian: զիւլալ (ziwlal)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زلال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 645b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُلَال (zulāl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zulāl
Dari reading? zulāl
Iranian reading? zolâl
Tajik reading? zulol

Adjective

زلال • (zolâl)

  1. pure, limpid (of liquid)
    آب زلال ― âb-e zolâl ― pure water

Noun

زلال • (zolâl)

  1. pure, limpid water
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 114”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[2]:
      چو جان فدای لبش شد خیال می‌بستم
      که قطره‌ای ز زلالش به کام ما افتد
      čū jān fidā-yi lab-aš šud xayāl mē-bastam
      ke qatra'ē zi zulāl-aš ba kām-i mā uftad
      When I sacrificed my soul to her lips, I had the dream
      That a single drop from her pure water would fall into my mouth.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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