Meaning of قلزم | Babel Free
qul.ˈzumDefinitions
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Clysma (ancient town on the Gulf of Suez) historical
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great sea; ocean figuratively, poetic
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the Red Sea; ellipsis of دریای قلزم (daryâ-ye qolzom) or بحر قلزم (bahr-e qolzom) archaic
Examples
“آنچه دیدم می نگنجد در بیان تن ز سهمش بیخبر گردد ز جان من چه دیدم قلزمی دیدم ز خون قلزمی ، طوفان برون ، طوفان درون”
What I saw cannot be held in speech; My body, out of fear, became unaware of the soul; What did I see? I saw an ocean out of blood; An ocean, a storm inside, a storm outside.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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