زال

See also: رال

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ز و ل (z-w-l).

Verb

1. (construed with عَن or مِن) to go away, withdraw (from)
2. (construed with عَن or مِن) to leave, abandon (someone or something)
3. to disappear
4. to die down

   عَلَى نِطَاقٍ وَقْتِيٍّ فَلَكِيٍّ، النُّجُومُ مِثْلُ شَمْسِنَا سَتَزُولُ فِي وَقْتٍ قَصِيرٍ.

   ʕalā niṭāqin waqtiyyin falakiyyin, an-nujūmu miṯlu šamsinā satazūlu fī waqtin qaṣīrin.

   On an astronomical timescale, stars like our sun will die down in a short time.

Etymology 2

From the root ز ي ل (z-y-l).

Verb

1. (copulative, in the negative) to still do, to still be, to continue, (literally) not to cease [with accusative]

   أَلَا يَزَالُ أَذْكَى شَابٍّ فِي كُلِّ دِمَشْقَ؟

   ʔalā yazālu ʔaḏkā šābbin fī kulli dimašqa?

   Is he still the smartest guy in the whole of Damascus?

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:217:

     وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ حَتَّى يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَنْ دِينِكُمْ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَاعُوا

     walā yazālūna yuqātilūnakum ḥattā yaruddūkum ʕan dīnikum ʔini staṭāʕū

     And they still will fight you until they turn you back from your system if they are able.

Synonyms

• مَا بَرِحَ (mā bariḥa)
• مَا ٱنْفَكَّ (mā nfakka)
• مَا فَتِئَ (mā fatiʔa)

Verb

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Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit जाल (jāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑːl/

Noun

زال • (zāl) f (Devanagari ज़ाल)

1. a net, snare, noose
2. a cobweb
3. any web-like texture
4. a collection, mass
5. illusion, deception

Noun

زال • (zāl) f (Devanagari ज़ाल)

1. a disease of the eye

Noun

زال • (zāl) f (Devanagari ज़ाल)

1. fever
2. shivering caused by fever

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ز و ل
1 term

From Arabic زَالَ (zāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːl/

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Verb

زال • (zāl) I (non-past يزول (yzūl))

1. (intransitive) to remove
2. (intransitive) to go away

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Persian

Dari	زال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Зол

Etymology

perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, to mature”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɒːl/

Noun

زال • (zâl)

1. albino

Adjective

زال • (zâl)

1. albino
2. grey-haired
3. old, oldwoman
   • c. 1280, Saadi :

     چه خوش گفت زالی به فرزند خویش/چو دیدش پلنگ افکن وپیلتن

Proper noun

زال • (zâl)

1. (Iranian mythology), Zal
2. a male given name, Zal