zalım

== Azerbaijani == === Alternative forms === zalim === Etymology === Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ظَالِم (zalım) (attested in a translation of "Tezkiretü'l-Evliya" in 1341), from Classical Persian ظَالِم (zālim), from Arabic ظَالِم (ẓālim). Cognate with Turkish zalim, zalım (dialectal, Kırşehir) and Gagauz zulum. === Adjective === zalım (comparative daha zalım, superlative ən zalım) cruel, merciless, ruthless ==== Related terms ==== zülm zülmkar məzlum === Noun === zalım (definite accusative zalımı, plural zalımlar) despot, tyrant, ruthless ruler (colloquial) dodger, trickster, tricky dick, wheeler-dealer ==== Declension ==== === References === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “zalım”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb