زوال

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ز و ل (z-w-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.waːl/

Noun

زَوَال • (zawāl) m

1. verbal noun of زَالَ (zāla) (form I)
2. end, passage, extinction, disappearance, vanishing, cessation
3. noon

Declension

Declension of noun زَوَال (zawāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوَال zawāl	الزَّوَال az-zawāl	زَوَال zawāl
Nominative	زَوَالٌ zawālun	الزَّوَالُ az-zawālu	زَوَالُ zawālu
Accusative	زَوَالًا zawālan	الزَّوَالَ az-zawāla	زَوَالَ zawāla
Genitive	زَوَالٍ zawālin	الزَّوَالِ az-zawāli	زَوَالِ zawāli

Descendants

• → Persian: زوال (zevâl)
• → Turkish: zeval

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	z
Dari reading?	z
Iranian reading?	z
Tajik reading?	z

Noun

Dari	زوال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	завол

زوال • (zavâl)

1. decadence, decline, dissolution, downfall.
   • 1972, احمد شاملو, آیدا، درخت و خنجر و خاطره:

     بردگانتان را همه بفروخته‌اید
     که برده‌داری
     نشان زوال و تباهی است.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• زوال پذیرفتن (zavâl paziroftan)

 

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زوال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press