زمن

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from another pronunciation in Aramaic than زَمَان (zamān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.man/

Noun

زَمَن • (zamanm (plural أَزْمَان (ʔazmān))

  1. time
  2. age (A particular period of time in history)
  3. (grammar) tense

Declension

Declension of noun زَمَن (zaman)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal زَمَن
zaman
الزَّمَن
az-zaman
زَمَن
zaman
nominative زَمَنٌ
zamanun
الزَّمَنُ
az-zamanu
زَمَنُ
zamanu
accusative زَمَنًا
zamanan
الزَّمَنَ
az-zamana
زَمَنَ
zamana
genitive زَمَنٍ
zamanin
الزَّمَنِ
az-zamani
زَمَنِ
zamani
dual indefinite definite construct
informal زَمَنَيْن
zamanayn
الزَّمَنَيْن
az-zamanayn
زَمَنَيْ
zamanay
nominative زَمَنَانِ
zamanāni
الزَّمَنَانِ
az-zamanāni
زَمَنَا
zamanā
accusative زَمَنَيْنِ
zamanayni
الزَّمَنَيْنِ
az-zamanayni
زَمَنَيْ
zamanay
genitive زَمَنَيْنِ
zamanayni
الزَّمَنَيْنِ
az-zamanayni
زَمَنَيْ
zamanay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَزْمَان
ʔazmān
الْأَزْمَان
al-ʔazmān
أَزْمَان
ʔazmān
nominative أَزْمَانٌ
ʔazmānun
الْأَزْمَانُ
al-ʔazmānu
أَزْمَانُ
ʔazmānu
accusative أَزْمَانًا
ʔazmānan
الْأَزْمَانَ
al-ʔazmāna
أَزْمَانَ
ʔazmāna
genitive أَزْمَانٍ
ʔazmānin
الْأَزْمَانِ
al-ʔazmāni
أَزْمَانِ
ʔazmāni

Descendants

  • Swahili: zamani
    • ? Malagasy: zamany

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “زمن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN