زلط

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ز ل ط‎ (z-l-ṭ).

Verb

زَلَطَ • (zalaṭa) I, non-past يَزْلُطُ‎‎ (yazluṭu)

  1. to gobble, to gulp down
Conjugation

Verb

زَلَّطَ • (zallaṭa) II, non-past يُزَلِّطُ‎‎ (yuzalliṭu)

  1. to make naked, to bare, to denude
Conjugation

Noun

زُلْط or زَلْط • (zulṭ or zalṭ) m

  1. poverty, destitution
  2. nudity
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ز ل ط‎ (z-l-ṭ), in the sense of being broken down, larger stones eaten away or smoothed down, stripped down.

Noun

زَلَط • (zalaṭ) m (collective, singulative زَلَطَة‎ f (zalaṭa))

  1. gravel, pebble; asphalt
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), “زلط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 248
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زلط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 527

Yemeni Arabic

Etymology

Plural of Arabic زَلَطَة‎ (zalaṭa, “a small copper coin”), from Ottoman Turkish زولوطه‎ (zolota, “an Ottoman coin in XVI–XIX centuries”), from a Slavic language (compare Polish złoty, Russian зо́лото (zóloto)). Conflated with native زَلَط‎ (zalaṭ, “pebble”) used in زَلَط وَطُوب‎ (zalaṭ waṭūb, “(metaphorically) money”). Also found in neighbouring Razihi, Southern Najdi Arabic (from Rijāl Almaʿ until the Saudi-Yemeni border), while in Tihamah and Aden بيس‎ (byas) is more common.

Noun

زَلَط (zalaṭ) (plural)

  1. (Sanʿa, Ẓafār) money

See also

  • بيس‎ (byas, “money (Tihamah)”)
  • روبية‎ (rūbya, “money (Tihamah, obsolete)”)
  • عدي‎ (ʕaddī, “money (Haḍramawt)”)
  • بقش‎ (bugaš, “money”)
  • قروش‎ (gurūš, “money”)
  • فلوس‎ (fulūs, filūs, “money”)
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