zerzevat
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zerzěʋaːt/
- Hyphenation: zer‧ze‧vat
Noun
zerzèvāt m inan (Cyrillic spelling зерзѐва̄т)
- alternative form of zarzàvāt
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zerzèvāt | zerzeváti |
| genitive | zerzeváta | zerzevátā |
| dative | zerzevátu | zerzevátima |
| accusative | zerzèvāt | zerzeváte |
| vocative | zerzeváte | zerzeváti |
| locative | zerzevátu | zerzevátima |
| instrumental | zerzevátom | zerzevátima |
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زرزوات (zarzavat, zerzevat), from earlier سبزوات (sebzevât), from Classical Persian سَبْزَوَاتْ (sabzawāt, “vegetables”), whence also Tajik сабзавот (sabzavot). Compare Uzbek sabzavot (“vegetable”).
Noun
zerzevat (definite accusative zerzevatı, plural zerzevatlar)
- (collective) vegetables
- Synonyms: sebze, yeşillik, göverti (dialectal)
- (figuratively) small, insignificant objects
Derived terms
- zerzevatçı (“vegetable seller”)
- zerzevatçılık (“the job of selling vegetables”)
Further reading
- “zerzevat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zerzevat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük