Etymology

z.l.

Today it means: Of blessed memory, may he/she/they rest in peace; used after a reference to one or more people who died. Full definition →

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A transliteration of Hebrew ז״ל (Z.L.).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.