զիբիլ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • զիպիլ (zipil) – Western Armenian spelling
  • զըբիլ (zəbil) – Van

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زبل‎ (zibil) and in some dialects from Azerbaijani zibil, ultimately from Arabic زِبْل‎ (zibl). The Van dialect զըբիլ (zəbil) is probably borrowed via Northern Kurdish zibîl.

Pronunciation

Noun

զիբիլ • (zibil)

  1. (colloquial) litter, rubbish, garbage, trash
    Synonym: աղբ (ałb)
    զիբիլը թափել ― zibilə tʿapʿel ― to carry the trash out
    զիբիլը քցել ― zibilə kʿcʿel ― to throw into trash
    զիբիլի աման ― zibili aman ― small container for wastes
    զիբիլի յաշիկ ― zibili yašik ― trash can, dustbin
    զիբիլի վեդրո ― zibili vedro ― trash can, dustbin
  2. (colloquial) junk, garbage (worthless, low quality thing)
    ես էս զիբիլը չե՛մ ուտի ― es ēs zibilə čʿém uti ― I'm not going to eat this crap!
  3. (colloquial) trash can, garbage can, dustbin

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

զիբիլ • (zibil) (superlative ամենազիբիլ)

  1. (colloquial) worthless, of low quality, good-for-nothing
    Synonyms: անարժեք (anaržekʿ), ստից (sticʿ), տուֆտա (tufta)
    չինական զիբիլ ապրանք ― čʿinakan zibil aprankʿ ― crappy Chinese product

Declension

Interjection

զիբի՜լ • (zibi!l)

  1. (colloquial) untranslatable response, exclamation, showing that the speaker is annoyed
    Synonyms: չոռ (čʿoṙ), չոռ ու ցավ (čʿoṙ u cʿav), գրող ու ցավ (groł u cʿav), զահրմար (zahrmar)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “զիպիլ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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