zel

zel (plural zels)

1. Alternative form of zill

• Lez, lez

From Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛl/

zel m (plural zels)

1. fervor, zeal
2. heat, estrus

• gelós

• “zel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “zel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “zel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛl]

zel n

1. genitive plural of zlo

zel

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of zelt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of zelt

zel

1. Alternative form of zele

• zele

Borrowed from Latin zēlus.

zel m (uncountable)

1. zeal

Borrowed from French zèle.

zel n (uncountable)

1. zeal (fervor or devotion)

• râvnă, sârguință, ardoare

• zelos

From Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel-.

• IPA^(key): /zə́ʋ/

zə̏ł (comparative zlȇjši, superlative nȁjzlȇjši)

1. evil

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /zéːʋ/

zẹ̑ł f

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) green plant

• “zel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From Arabic ذَال‎ (ḏāl).

zel

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ذ