زلزلة

زلزلة

See also: زلزله‎ and زلزلہ‎

Arabic

Root
ز ل ز ل‎ (z-l-z-l)

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 ʾarḍiyya)

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

• → Azerbaijani: zəlzələ
• → Classical Persian: زلزله‎ (zilzila)
  • Persian: زلزله‎ (zelzele)
  • Tajik: зилзила (zilzila)
  • → Chagatai: زلزله‎
    • Uyghur: زىلزىلە‎ (zilzile)
    • Uzbek: zilzila
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ज़लज़ला (zalzalā)
  • Urdu: زلزلہ‎
• → Kazakh: зілзала (zılzala)
• → Ladino: zinzelá (Haketia)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زلزله‎ (zelzele)
  • Turkish: zelzele
  • → Greek: τζερτζελές (tzertzelés)
• → Pashto: زلزله‎
• → Punjabi: زَلْزَلَہ‎ (zalzalah)
• → Sindhi: زلزلو‎
• → Swahili: zilizala

References

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