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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

zalim.

cruel, brutal

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. cruel, brutal

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ظَالِم (zalım), from Classical Persian ظَالِم (zālim), from Arabic ظَالِم (ẓālim). Cognate with Gagauz zulum, Azerbaijani zalım and zalim. Used in Turkish since the 14th century.

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