زل

Arabic

Verb

زَلَّ • (zalla) I, non-past يَزِلُّ‎‎ (yazillu)

  1. to slip (“to lose one's traction”)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:94:
      ‏وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ‎
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Conjugation

Verb

زَلَّ • (zalla) I, non-past يَزِلُّ‎‎ (yazillu)

  1. to make a mistake or an error, to err; to slip, to blunder; to lapse
    Synonyms: غَلِطَ‎ (ḡaliṭa), أَخْطَأَ‎ (ʔaḵṭaʔa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:209:
      ‏فَإِن زَلَلْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْكُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ‎
      faʔin zalaltum mmin baʕdi mā jāʔatkumu l-bayyinātu fāʕlamū ʔanna l-laha ʕazīzun ḥakīmun
      And if you lapse after the clear truths have reached you, know that Allah is mighty and wise.

Conjugation

Verb

زُلْ • (zul) (form I)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Persian زیر‎ (zir, “high-pitched”).

Noun

زل • (zil)

  1. cymbal or pair of cymbals or a gong
  2. castanets
  3. the bells on tambourines

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: zil
  • → Albanian: zile
  • → Cypriot Greek: ζίλιν (zílin)
  • → English: zill
  • → Georgian: ზილი (zili)
  • → Middle Armenian: զիլ (zil)
    • Armenian: զիլ (zil)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: zȉl / зи̏л

References

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