zerzevat

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zerzěʋaːt/
• Hyphenation: zer‧ze‧vat

Noun

zerzèvāt m (Cyrillic spelling зерзѐва̄т)

1. Alternative form of zarzàvāt

Declension

Declension of zerzevat

	singular	plural
nominative	zerzèvāt	zerzeváti
genitive	zerzeváta	zerzevátā
dative	zerzevátu	zerzevátima
accusative	zerzèvāt	zerzeváte
vocative	zerzeváte	zerzeváti
locative	zerzevátu	zerzevátima
instrumental	zerzevátom	zerzevátima

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زرزوات (zarzavat, zerzevat), from earlier سبزوات (sebzevât), from Classical Persian سَبْزَوَاتْ (sabzawāt, “vegetables”), whence also Tajik сабзавот (sabzavot). Compare Uzbek sabzavot (“vegetable”).

Noun

zerzevat (definite accusative zerzevatı, plural zerzevatlar)

1. (collective) vegetables

   Synonyms: sebze, yeşillik, göverti (dialectal)

2. (figuratively) small, insignificant objects

Derived terms

• zerzevatçı (“vegetable seller”)
• zerzevatçılık (“the job of selling vegetables”)

Further reading

• “zerzevat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zerzevat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük