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Zillah¹

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From Hebrew צִלָּה (“shade”).

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Hebrew. ON the fifth morning, or rather afternoon, a different step approached - lighter and shorter; and, this time, the person entered the room. It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow-basket swung to her arm.
  2. The wife of Lamech. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

zillah²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi ज़िला (zilā) and Urdu ضلع (zilā), from Classical Persian ضلع (zil', “side, edge”), from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ, “side, edge, division”). Cognate with Nepali जिल्ला (jillā) and Marathi जिल्हा (jilhā).

noun zillahs

  1. A district or local division, as of a province, in India. And it is hereby enacted, that in any zillah, in which the Governor in Council of Fort St. George deems it expedient to establish the zillah court, and the court or courts under subordinate judges or principal sudder ameens, at separate stations, it shall be competent to the said Governor in Council

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@misc{zillah_2026,
  title = {zillah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zillah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}