# زلزله
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

زلزله (zəlzələ) (definite accusative زلزله‌نی (zəlzələni), plural زلزلهلر (zəlzələlər))
* Arabic spelling of zəlzələ

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* զէլզէլէ (zelzele), զէրզէլէ (zerzele) — Armeno-Turkish

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala, “earthquake, seism”).

### Noun

زلزله • (zelzele) (definite accusative زلزله‌یی (zelzeleyi), plural زلازل (zelâzil))
* (seismology) earthquake, seism, a shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults
    Synonym: یر دپرنمه‌سی (yer deprenmesi)

#### Derived terms

* زلزله انداز (zelzele endâz, “earthquake”)
* زلزله نما (zelzele nümâ, “seismograph”)
* زلزله‌جك (zelzelecik, “small quake”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: zelzele
* → Albanian: zerzele
* → Armenian: զէրզէլէ (zērzēlē), զա̈լզա̈լա̈ (zälzälä)
* → Greek: τζερτζελές (tzertzelés)

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zelzele”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5451
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zelzele”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1415
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زلزله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 645
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Terræ motus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1665
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زلزله”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2459
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zelzele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلزله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَلْزَلَة (zalzala).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zal.za.ˈla], [zil.zi.ˈla]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɪl.zɪ.lǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɪl.zɪ.lǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zɪl.zɪ.lǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zil.zi.lǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zel.ze.lé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zil.zi.lǽ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

| Dari | زلزله |
| Iranian Persian | زلزله |
| Tajik | зилзила, заминҷунбӣ |
زلزله • (zelzele) (plural زلزله‌ها (zelzele-hâ))
* earthquake, seism
    Synonyms: زمین‌لرزه (zamin-larze), بومَهین (bumahin)

#### Derived terms

* زلزله‌ای (zelzele-'i)
* زلزله‌شناس (zelzele-šenâs)
* زلزله‌شناسی (zelzele-šenâsi)
* مهندسی زلزله (mohandesi-ye zelzele)

#### Descendants

* Tajik: зилзила (zilzila)
* → Bagheli: जलजला (jaljalā)
* → Chagatai: زلزله
** Uyghur: زىلزىلە (zilzile)
** Uzbek: zilzila
* → Gojri: زَلْزَلو (zalzalo)
* → Haryanvi: जलजला (jaljalā)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़लज़ला (zalzalā)
    Urdu: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzala)
* → Kashmiri: زَلزَلہٕ (zalzalụ)
* → Kazakh: зілзала (zılzala)
* → Pashto: زلزله
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਲਜ਼ਲਾ (zalzalā)
    Shahmukhi script: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzalah)
* → Saraiki: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzalah)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: زَلْزِلو, زِلْزِلو
    Devanagari script: ज़ल्ज़िलो, ज़िलज़िलो, ज़िल्ज़िलो
    Khudawadi script: 𑋂𑋩𑋚𑋪𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zalzilo), 𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zilazilo), 𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋪𑋂𑋩𑋡𑋚𑋧 (zilzilo)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زلزله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 1016
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زلزلة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 619