زلغوطة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• ظَلْغُوطَة (ẓalḡūṭa)

Etymology

Guttural augment of زَلَطَ (zalaṭa, “to gulp down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zal.ɣuː.tˤa/

Noun

زَلْغُوطَة • (zalḡūṭa) f

1. ululation, a high-pitched prolonged cry particular to women on festive occasions

   Synonym: زَغْرَدَة (zaḡrada)

Declension

Declension of noun زَلْغُوطَة (zalḡūṭa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَلْغُوطَة zalḡūṭa	الزَّلْغُوطَة az-zalḡūṭa	زَلْغُوطَة zalḡūṭat
Nominative	زَلْغُوطَةٌ zalḡūṭatun	الزَّلْغُوطَةُ az-zalḡūṭatu	زَلْغُوطَةُ zalḡūṭatu
Accusative	زَلْغُوطَةً zalḡūṭatan	الزَّلْغُوطَةَ az-zalḡūṭata	زَلْغُوطَةَ zalḡūṭata
Genitive	زَلْغُوطَةٍ zalḡūṭatin	الزَّلْغُوطَةِ az-zalḡūṭati	زَلْغُوطَةِ zalḡūṭati

Descendants

• → Turkish: zılgıt, zılkıt, zılkıç

References

• Tietze, Andreas (1958) “Direkte arabische Entlehnungen im anatolischen Türkisch”, in J. Eckmann, A. S. Levend, M. Mansuroğlu, editors, Jean Deny Armağanı / Mélanges Jean Deny (in German), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, § 132 ظلغوطة, page 290 of 255–333