zelzele

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زلزله‎ (zelzele, zerzele), from Arabic زَلْزَلَة‎ (zalzala).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzæl.ze.le/
  • Hyphenation: zel‧ze‧le
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (dated) quake: earthquake, marsquake, …
    Synonym: deprem

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zelzele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زلزله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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