زوال

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

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /zawɑːl/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /zawɒːl/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /zævɒːl/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /zavɔːl/

Noun

Dari	زوال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	завол (zavol)

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 quote)

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