زغال

Khalaj

Noun

زُغال (zuğâl) (definite accusative زُغالؽ, plural زُغاللار)

1. Arabic spelling of zuğâl (“coal”)

Declension

Declension of زغال

	singular	plural
nominative	زغال	زغاللار
genitive	زغالؽݧ	زغاللارؽݧ
dative	زغالقا	زغاللارقا
definite accusative	زغالؽ	زغاللارؽ
locative	زغالچا	زغاللارچا
ablative	زغالدا	زغاللاردا
instrumental	زغاللا	زغاللارلا
equative	زغالوارا	زغاللاروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• زگال (zogâl), ژگال (žogâl), ذغال (zoğâl), سکار (sekâr), سگار (segâr), زکار (zekâr), زکال (zakâl)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ar-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Compare Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), Irish gual (“coal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zu.ˈɣɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊ.ɣɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊ.ɣɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zʊ.ɣɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zu.ɣɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zo.ɢɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zu.ʁɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	zuğāl
Dari reading?	zuğāl
Iranian reading?	zoğâl
Tajik reading?	zuġol

Noun

Dari	زغال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зуғол

زغال • (zoğâl) (plural زغال‌ها (zoğâl-hâ))

1. coal

   زغال قلیان را سریع روشن کردیم.

   zoğâl-e qalyân râ sari' rowšan kardim.

   We quickly lit the coal for the hookah.

2. charcoal
3. (literary or poetic) black, dark
4. dogwood, cornel

   Synonym: قرانیا (qarâniyâ)

Derived terms

• زغال اخته (zoğâl axte)
• زغال‌سنگ (zoğâl-sang)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: زُوقَال (zūqāl)
• → Azerbaijani: zoğal
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܘܓܠ f (zoġal)
• → Khalaj: zuğâl
• → Northern Kurdish: zuẍal
• → Middle Armenian: զողալ (zoġal), զղալ (zġal)
  • Armenian: զողալ (zoġal), զուղալ (zuġal)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زغال (zuğal)
  • Turkish: zağal; zanğal, zaval; zavrak; zoğal; zonğal; zoval; zuğal; zuhal; zuval
• → Udi: зокъал (zoq̇al)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զողալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 104a
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 104
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زغال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul