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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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zilzāl زِلْزال , var. zalzāl 
ID 362 • Sw – • BP 2702 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZLZL 
n. 
1 concussion, shock, convulsion; 2 earthquake – WehrCowan1979. 
vn. of ↗zalzala. 
▪ eC7 1 (earthquake, earth tremor) Q 99:1-2 ʔiḏā zulzilat-i ’l-ʔarḍu zilzāla-hā ‘when the Earth is shaken with its quaking’; 2 (agitation, disturbance) Q 33:11 hunālika ’btuliya ’l-muʔminūna wa-zulzilū zilzālan šadīdan ‘there the believers were sorely tested and deeply shaken’. –
▪ Cf. also ↗zalzala. 
↗zalzala 
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ZLF زلف 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 25Mar2023
√ZLF 
“root” 
▪ ZLF_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZLF_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZLF_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to approach, draw near, advance; to crawl; to ingratiate o.s., seek God’s pleasure; time span’ 
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ZLQ زلق 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 25Mar2023
√ZLQ 
“root” 
▪ ZLQ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZLQ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZLQ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to slip, slide, be slippery, be smooth’ 
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ZLM زلم 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 25Mar2023
√ZLM 
“root” 
▪ ZLM_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZLM_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZLM_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to cut the loop of the ear; to emaciate through hunger; arrows, arrows used in divination in pre-Islamic Arabia’ 
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ZMR زمر 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 25Mar2023
√ZMR 
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▪ ZMR_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZMR_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ ZMR_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘windpipe, playing a flute; base people; group of people’ 
▪ From protSem *√ZMR ‘to make music’ – Huehnergard2011.
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl klezmer, from MishnaHbr zemer ‘music, song’, from zāmar ‘to make music’, cf. Ar ↗zamara, vb. I, ‘to blow, play (a wind instrument)’. 
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ZMRD زمرد 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZMRD 
“root” 
▪ ZMRD_1 ‘emerald’ ↗zumurrud
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