զիբիլ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

զիբիլ (zibil)

  1. (colloquial) litter, rubbish, garbage, trash
    Synonym: աղբ (aġb)
    զիբիլը թափելzibilə tʻapʻelto carry the trash out
    զիբիլը քցելzibilə kʻcʻelto 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 čʻém utiI'm not going to eat this crap!
  3. (colloquial) trash can, garbage can, dustbin

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Adjective[edit]

զիբիլ (zibil) (superlative ամենազիբիլ)

  1. (colloquial) worthless, of low quality, good-for-nothing
    Synonyms: անարժեք (anaržekʻ), ստից (sticʻ), տուֆտա (tufta)
    չինական զիբիլ ապրանքčʻinakan zibil aprankʻcrappy Chinese product

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Interjection[edit]

զիբի՜լ (zibi!l)

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

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “զիպիլ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages