زلزله

See also: زلزلة and زلزلہ

Azerbaijani

Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of zəlzələ

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

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
    Synonyms: حركت ارض (hareket-i arz), 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

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? zalzalá, zilzilá
    Dari reading? zilzila
    Iranian reading? zelzele
    Tajik reading? zilzila
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

    Dari زلزله
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik зилзила, заминҷунбӣ

    زلزله • (zelzele) (plural زلزله‌ها)

    1. earthquake, seism
      Synonyms: زمین‌لرزه (zamin-larze), بومَهین (bumahin)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Further reading