zül

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zul"

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ذل (ẕüll, “submissiveness, degradation, weakness, a low estate, abjectness”),^[1][2] from Arabic ذُلّ (ḏull, “lowness, baseness, vileness, abjectness”), verbal noun of ذَلَّ (ḏalla, “to be low, to be humble”).^[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzyl/
• Hyphenation: zül

Noun

zül (definite accusative züllü, plural züller)

1. (archaic) abasement, abjectness, looking down on.
2. (archaic) A condemnable thing.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	zül
Definite accusative	züllü
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zül	züller
Definite accusative	züllü	zülleri
Dative	zülle	züllere
Locative	zülde	züllerde
Ablative	zülden	züllerden
Genitive	züllün	züllerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular züllüm züllerim 2nd singular züllün züllerin 3rd singular züllü zülleri 1st plural züllümüz züllerimiz 2nd plural züllünüz zülleriniz 3rd plural zülleri zülleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular züllümü züllerimi 2nd singular züllünü züllerini 3rd singular züllünü züllerini 1st plural züllümüzü züllerimizi 2nd plural züllünüzü züllerinizi 3rd plural züllerini züllerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular züllüme züllerime 2nd singular züllüne züllerine 3rd singular züllüne züllerine 1st plural züllümüze züllerimize 2nd plural züllünüze züllerinize 3rd plural züllerine züllerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular züllümde züllerimde 2nd singular züllünde züllerinde 3rd singular züllünde züllerinde 1st plural züllümüzde züllerimizde 2nd plural züllünüzde züllerinizde 3rd plural züllerinde züllerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular züllümden züllerimden 2nd singular züllünden züllerinden 3rd singular züllünden züllerinden 1st plural züllümüzden züllerimizden 2nd plural züllünüzden züllerinizden 3rd plural züllerinden züllerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular züllümün züllerimin 2nd singular züllünün züllerinin 3rd singular züllünün züllerinin 1st plural züllümüzün züllerimizin 2nd plural züllünüzün züllerinizin 3rd plural züllerinin züllerinin

Derived terms

• zül saymak

Related terms

• tezellül
• tezlil
• zelil
• zelil etmek
• zillet

References

1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 948
2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 605
3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zül”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

• “zül”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zül”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5506

Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zül     Ordinal : zülid

Numeral

zül

1. nine
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 28:

     Bäldoti kinik labol-li? Labob bäldoti yelas zül.

     How old are you? I am nine years old.

Derived terms

• zülüm