Arabic

Verb

زَالُو • ‎(zālū) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine plural active imperative of زَالَ ‎(zāla)

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian տզրուկ ‎(tzruk); an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

زالو • ‎(zâlu)

1. leech

Synonyms

• زروک ‎(zoruk)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “زالو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul