زرزوات

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

سَبزَوات (sebzevât), زارزاوات (zarzavat).

Etymology

A vulgarised version of Ottoman Turkish سبزوات (sebzevat, zebzevat, zevzevat, zavzavat), itself from سبزی ((vulg.) sebze, “vegetable, greenery”) +‎ ـات (-at, “Arabic plural forming suffix”) which is ultimately from Persian (sabzi, “vegetable”). Also see Persian (“vegetables”), a similar formation.

Noun

زرزوات • (zarzavat, zerzevat)

(colloquial, collective) vegetables
Synonyms: سبزیلر (sebzeler), یشللك (yeşillik)

Derived terms

سبزواتجی (sebzevâtçı, “greengrocer”)

Descendants

Turkish: zerzevat (“vegetables”)
- ⇒ Turkish: zerzevatçı (“greengrocer”)
→ Albanian: zarzavate (“vegetables”)
→ Armenian: զավզավաթ (zavzavatʻ), զառզավաթ (zaṙzavatʻ)
→ Bulgarian: зарзават (zarzavat, “vegetable”)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: зарзаватен (zarzavaten, “consisting of vegetables”)
- → Romanian: zarzavat (“vegetable”)
  - ⇒ Romanian: zarzavagiu m (“greengrocer”), zarzavagioaică f (“greengrocer”)
→ Greek: ζαρζαβάτι (zarzaváti, “vegetable, herb”)
- ⇒ Greek: ζαρζαβατικό (zarzavatikó, “vegetable, herb”)
→ Gagauz: zarzavat (“vegetable”)
→ Northern Kurdish: zerzewat (“vegetables”), zêrzewat
→ Ladino: zarzavat (“vegetable”)
- ⇒ Ladino: zarzavachí (“greengrocer”)
→ Macedonian: зарзават (zarzavat, “vegetable”)
→ Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
Cyrillic script: зарза̀ва̄т, зерзѐва̄т

Latin script: zarzàvāt, zerzèvāt
→ Zazaki: zerzewat (“vegetable”)