زالو

Persian

Alternative forms

• زلو (zalū) (colloquial, various regions)

Etymology

From earlier form زلو (zalū) from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (złwk' /⁠zalūg⁠/) from Proto-Iranian *jaluš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aluš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelu-. Akin to Old Armenian տզրուկ (tzruk); an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

زالو • (zâlu)

1. leech

   Synonym: زروک (zoruk)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زالو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul