զիբիլ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • զիպիլ (zipil) Western Armenian spelling
  • զըբիլ (zəbil) Van

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زبل‎ (zibil) and in some dialects from Azerbaijani zibil, ultimately from Arabic زِبْل (zibl). The Van dialect զըբիլ (zəbil) is probably borrowed via Northern Kurdish zibîl.

Pronunciation

Noun

զիբիլ (zibil)

  1. (colloquial) litter, rubbish, garbage, trash
    Synonym: աղբ (ałb)
    զիբիլը թափելzibilə tʿapʿelto carry the trash out
    զիբիլը քցելzibilə kʿcʿelto throw into trash
    զիբիլի ամանzibili amansmall container for wastes
    զիբիլի յաշիկzibili yašiktrash can, dustbin
    զիբիլի վեդրոzibili vedrotrash can, dustbin
  2. (colloquial) junk, garbage (worthless, low quality thing)
    ես էս զիբիլը չե՛մ ուտիes ēs zibilə čʿém utiI'm not going to eat this crap!
  3. (colloquial) trash can, garbage can, dustbin

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

զիբիլ (zibil) (superlative ամենազիբիլ)

  1. (colloquial) worthless, of low quality, good-for-nothing
    Synonyms: անարժեք (anaržekʿ), ստից (sticʿ), տուֆտա (tufta)
    չինական զիբիլ ապրանքčʿinakan zibil aprankʿcrappy Chinese product

Declension

Interjection

զիբի՜լ (zibi!l)

  1. (colloquial) untranslatable response, exclamation, showing that the speaker is annoyed
    Synonyms: չոռ (čʿoṙ), չոռ ու ցավ (čʿoṙ u cʿav), գրող ու ցավ (groł u cʿav), զահրմար (zahrmar)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), զիպիլ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The Influence of Turkish on Armenian and Words Borrowed from Turkish in the Popular Armenian Language of Constantinople in Comparison with the Dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow, Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.