զուլում

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظلم, from Arabic ظُلْم (ẓulm, injustice).

Pronunciation

Noun

զուլում (zulum) (dialectal)

  1. catastrophe, disaster, calamity, great misfortune
    գլխին զուլում բերելglxin zulum berelto bring bad luck, to harm, to hurt
    գլխին զուլում գալglxin zulum galto get bad luck, to be unfortunate
  2. injustice, exploitation, oppression

Declension

Adjective

զուլում (zulum) (superlative ամենազուլում) (dialectal)

  1. catastrophic, disastrous, terrible
  2. ferocious, cruel, ruthless
  3. severe, intense, terrible

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), զուլում”, 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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