زلزلہ

See also: زلزلة and زلزله

Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala)bor.
    Classical Persian زَلْزَلَه (zalzala)bor.
    Punjabi زَلْزَلَہ (zalzalah)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian زَلْزَلَه (zalzala), from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

    Noun

    زَلْزَلَہ • (zalzalah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਲਜ਼ਲਾ)

    1. earthquake, seism

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “زلزَلَہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala)bor.
      Classical Persian زَلْزَلَه (zalzala)bor.
      Urdu زَلْزَلَہ (zalzala)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian زَلْزَلَه (zalzala), from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala). First attested in c. 1739 as Middle Hindi زلزلہ (zlzlh /⁠zalzala⁠/).

      Noun

      زَلْزَلَہ • (zalzala) m (formal plural زَلازِل (zalāzil), Hindi spelling ज़लज़ला)

      1. earthquake, seism

      Declension

      Declension of زلزلہ
      singular plural
      direct زَلْزَلَہ (zalzalah) زَلْزَلے (zalzale)
      oblique زَلْزَلے (zalzale) زَلْزَلوں (zalzalõ)
      vocative زَلْزَلے (zalzale) زَلْزَلو (zalzalo)

      Further reading

      • “زلزلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زلزلہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 357
      • Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “zalzalā”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 925.

      Ushojo

      Etymology

      From Urdu زلزلہ (zalzalah).

      Noun

      زلزلہ (zalzalah)

      1. earthquake
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