زمانہ
See also: زمانه
Urdu
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Borrowed from Classical Persian زَمَانَه (zamāna). Equivalent to زَمان (zamān) + ـہ (-h). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi زمانہ (zmanh).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.mɑː.nɑ(ː)/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Hyphenation: زَ‧ما‧نہ
Noun
زَمانَہ • (zamāna) m (Hindi spelling ज़माना)
- era, age (ie. period in time)
- Synonyms: دَور (daur), عَرْصَہ ('arsa), زَماں (zamā̃)
- world
- reign (of an empire etc.)
- (grammar) tense
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | زَمانَہ (zamānah) | زَمانے (zamāne) |
| oblique | زَمانے (zamāne) | زَمانوں (zamānõ) |
| vocative | زَمانے (zamāne) | زَمانو (zamāno) |
References
Further reading
More information
- “زمانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زمانہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “زمانه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “زمانه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “زمانه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC