জমানা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • জামানা (jamana)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمانه (zamāna), which is from Middle Persian [script needed] (ẕmʾnk' /⁠zamānag⁠/), from [script needed] (ẕmʾn /⁠zamān⁠/), from Old Persian *jamānā, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH (“time, hour”, literally “that which arrives”). Cognate with Hindustani زمانہ / ज़माना (zamānā), Gujarati જમાનો (jamāno), Punjabi ਜ਼ਮਾਨਾ (zamānā), Marathi जमाना (jamānā).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔmana/, [ˈd͡ʒɔmanaˑ], /zɔmana/, [ˈzɔmanaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑɔmana/, [ˈdʑɔmanaˑ], /zɔmana/, [ˈzɔmanaˑ]

Noun

জমানা • (jomana)

  1. age, epoch, era, time; generation
    এ জমানার মানুষ একই সাথে উন্নত ও ভ্রষ্ট হচ্ছে।
    e jomanar manuś ekoi śathe unnot ō bhrośṭo hocche.
    In this era, humanity is becoming more advanced and corrupted simultaneously.

References

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