زوال

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ز و ل‎ (z-w-l).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /za.waːl/

Noun

زَوَال • (zawāl) m

verbal noun of زَالَ‎ (zāla) (form I)
end, passage, extinction, disappearance, vanishing, cessation
noon

Declension

Declension of noun زَوَال (zawāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوَال zawāl	الزَّوَال‎ az-zawāl	زَوَال zawāl
Nominative	زَوَالٌ zawālun	الزَّوَالُ‎ az-zawālu	زَوَالُ zawālu
Accusative	زَوَالًا‎ zawālan	الزَّوَالَ‎ az-zawāla	زَوَالَ zawāla
Genitive	زَوَالٍ zawālin	الزَّوَالِ‎ az-zawāli	زَوَالِ zawāli

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: زوال‎ (zeval)
- Turkish: zeval
→ Persian: زوال‎ (zevâl)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: ज़वाल (zavāl)
  - Urdu: زوال‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic زَوَال‎ (zawāl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /zawɑːl/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /zawɒːl/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /zævɒːl/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /zavɔːl/

Noun

Iranian Persian	زوال
Dari	زوال
Tajik	завол (zavol)

زوال • (zavâl)

decadence, decline, dissolution, downfall.
- 1972, احمد شاملو, آیدا، درخت و خنجر و خاطره:
  ‏بردگانتان را همه بفروخته‌اید
  که برده‌داری
  نشان زوال و تباهی است.‎‎
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

زوال پذیرفتن‎ (zavâl paziroftan)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: ज़वाल (zavāl)
- Urdu: زوال‎

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “زوال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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