زلزلة

See also: زلزله and زلزلہ

Arabic

Root
ز ل ز ل (z l z l)
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zal.za.la/

Noun

زَلْزَلَة • (zalzala) f (plural زَلَازِل (zalāzil))

1. verbal noun of زَلْزَلَ (zalzala) (form Iq)
2. shaking

   Synonym: اِهْتِزَاز (ihtizāz)

3. earthquake, seism

   Synonyms: زِلْزَال (zilzāl), هَزَّة أَرْضِيَّة (hazza ʔarḍiyya)

4. (in the plural) calamities

Declension

Declension of noun زَلْزَلَة (zalzala)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَلْزَلَة zalzala	الزَّلْزَلَة az-zalzala	زَلْزَلَة zalzalat
nominative	زَلْزَلَةٌ zalzalatun	الزَّلْزَلَةُ az-zalzalatu	زَلْزَلَةُ zalzalatu
accusative	زَلْزَلَةً zalzalatan	الزَّلْزَلَةَ az-zalzalata	زَلْزَلَةَ zalzalata
genitive	زَلْزَلَةٍ zalzalatin	الزَّلْزَلَةِ az-zalzalati	زَلْزَلَةِ zalzalati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَلْزَلَتَيْن zalzalatayn	الزَّلْزَلَتَيْن az-zalzalatayn	زَلْزَلَتَيْ zalzalatay
nominative	زَلْزَلَتَانِ zalzalatāni	الزَّلْزَلَتَانِ az-zalzalatāni	زَلْزَلَتَا zalzalatā
accusative	زَلْزَلَتَيْنِ zalzalatayni	الزَّلْزَلَتَيْنِ az-zalzalatayni	زَلْزَلَتَيْ zalzalatay
genitive	زَلْزَلَتَيْنِ zalzalatayni	الزَّلْزَلَتَيْنِ az-zalzalatayni	زَلْزَلَتَيْ zalzalatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَلَازِل zalāzil	الزَّلَازِل az-zalāzil	زَلَازِل zalāzil
nominative	زَلَازِلُ zalāzilu	الزَّلَازِلُ az-zalāzilu	زَلَازِلُ zalāzilu
accusative	زَلَازِلَ zalāzila	الزَّلَازِلَ az-zalāzila	زَلَازِلَ zalāzila
genitive	زَلَازِلَ zalāzila	الزَّلَازِلِ az-zalāzili	زَلَازِلِ zalāzili

Descendants

• Maltese: żilżla, żinżla
• → Classical Persian: زَلْزَلَه (zalzala), زِلْزِلَه (zilzila) (see there for further descendants)
  • Iranian Persian: زلزله (zelzele)
  • Tajik: зилзила (zilzila)
• → Ladino: zenzlá, zinzelá (Haketia)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: زَلْزَلَه (zelzele)
  • Azerbaijani: zəlzələ
  • Ottoman Turkish: زلزله (zelzele), զէլզէլէ (zelzele), զէրզէլէ (zerzele) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: zelzele
    • → Albanian: zerzele
    • → Armenian: զէրզէլէ (zērzēlē), զա̈լզա̈լա̈ (zälzälä)
    • → Greek: τζερτζελές (tzertzelés)
• → Swahili: zilizala

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “زلزلة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen