How to say "earthquake" in Arabic

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Meaningearthquake

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

زِلْزَال

zilzālזלזאל

زلزال

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

רעידת אדמה

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Arabic root

ز-ل-ز-ل

زِلْزَال قَوِيّ

zilzāl qawiyyזלזאל קוי

a strong earthquake