زلال

Arabic

Root
ز ل ل (z-l-l)

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], Constantinople: Mihran, page 645b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُلَال (zulāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zu.ˈlɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊ.lɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊ.lɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zʊ.lɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zu.lɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zo.lɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zu.lɔ́l]

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

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زلال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زلال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim