deprem

Concepts

earthquake

quake

seism

temblor

tremor

Synonyms

zelzele

yersarsıntısı

yer sarsıntısı

sismik

Translations

tremblement de terre

Erdbeben

terremoto

terremoto

séisme

σεισμός

terratrèmol

aardbeving

tèrratrem

زلزال

sisma

terremoto

terrae motus

tèrratremol

Pronounced as (IPA)

/depˈɾæm/

Etymology

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish: دپرهمك

In summary

By surface analysis, depre- + -m. Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1934 to replace the Arabic-derived zelzele. Compare also Ottoman Turkish یر دپرنمسی (yer deprenmesi, “earthquake”).