oppression in Persian
ظلم zolm
/-ɛ-/ [-ɛ̞̈-]UK/əˈpɹɛʃən/
oppression in Persian: ظلم (zolm). In English, oppression means the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
Persian words for oppression
- act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed
- ظلم zolm
English meaning of oppression
- noun The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- noun The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
- noun A feeling of being oppressed. Special usage may include a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude.
oppression in a sentence
- Extreme freedom is followed by extreme oppression, said Plato.
- Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.
oppression in other languages
- oppression in Hindi
- oppression in Tamil
- oppression in Marathi
- oppression in Urdu
- oppression in Bengali
- oppression in Malayalam
- oppression in Kannada
- oppression in Punjabi
- oppression in Gujarati
- oppression in Sanskrit
- oppression in Nepali
- oppression in Pashto
- oppression in Arabic
- oppression in Vietnamese
Questions about oppression in Persian
- What is the meaning of oppression in Persian?
- Oppression in Persian is ظلم (zolm).
- معنی oppression چیست؟
- Oppression: ظلم (zolm).
- What does oppression mean in English?
- Oppression means the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oppression (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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