زغال

Khalaj

Noun

زُغال (zuğâl) (definite accusative زُغالؽ‎, plural زُغاللار‎)

  1. Arabic spelling of zuğâl (“coal”)

Declension

Persian

Alternative forms

  • زگال‎ (zogâl), ژگال‎ (žogâl), ذغال‎ (zoğâl), سکار‎ (sekâr), سگار‎ (segâr), زکار‎ (zekâr), زکال‎ (zakâl)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ar-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Compare Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), Irish gual (“coal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /zuˈɣɔl/

Noun

Dari زغال
Iranian Persian
Tajik зуғол (zuġol)

زغال • (zoğâl) (plural زغال‌ها‎ (zoğâl-hâ))

  1. coal
  2. charcoal
  3. (literary or poetic) black, dark
  4. dogwood, cornel
    Synonym: قرانیا‎ (qarâniyâ)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Arabic: زُوقَال‎ (zūqāl)
  • → Azerbaijani: zoğal
    • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܘܓܠ‎ f (zoġal)
  • → Northern Kurdish: zuẍal
  • → Middle Armenian: զողալ (zołal), զղալ (złal)
    • Armenian: զողալ (zołal), զուղալ (zułal)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زغال‎ (zuğal)
    • Turkish: zağal;zanğal, zaval;zavrak;zoğal;zonğal;zoval;zuğal;zuhal;zuval
  • → Udi: зокъал (zoq̇al)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զողալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 104a
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 104
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “زغال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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