زل

Arabic

Verb

زَلَّ • (zalla) I, non-past يَزِلُّ‎ (yazillu)

  1. to slip (to lose one's traction)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:94:
      وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
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Conjugation

Verb

زَلَّ • (zalla) I, non-past يَزِلُّ‎ (yazillu)

  1. to make a mistake or an error, to err; to slip, to blunder; to lapse
    Synonyms: غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa), أَخْطَأَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:209:
      فَإِن زَلَلْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْكُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
      faʔin zalaltum mmin baʕdi mā jāʔatkumu l-bayyinātu fāʕlamū ʔanna l-laha ʕazīzun ḥakīmun
      And if you lapse after the clear truths have reached you, know that Allah is mighty and wise.

Conjugation

Verb

زُلْ • (zul) (form I)

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Persian زیر (zir, high-pitched).

Noun

زل • (zil)

  1. cymbal or pair of cymbals or a gong
  2. castanets
  3. the bells on tambourines

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: zil
  • Albanian: zile
  • Cypriot Greek: ζίλιν (zílin)
  • English: zill
  • Georgian: ზილი (zili)
  • Middle Armenian: զիլ (zil)
    • Armenian: զիլ (zil)
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȉl / зи̏л

References

  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “zil”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “zil”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 211
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 2022-08-22
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    Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 532a
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011
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