ዘመን

Amharic

Alternative forms

  • ዘበን (zäbän) — sporadic sound change

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän) ?

  1. time, period
  2. era

Declension

Definiteness forms of ዘመን
masculine
indefinite ዘመን (zämän)
definite subject ዘመኑ (zämänu)
definite object ዘመኑን (zämänun)
general object ዘመንን (zämänən)
Possessive forms of ዘመን (zämän)
singular plural formal
first person ዘመኔ (zämäne) ዘመናችን (zämänaččən) —
second person m ዘመንህ (zämänəh) ዘመናችሁ (zämänaččəhu) ዘመንዎ (zämänwo)
f ዘመንሽ (zämänəš)
third person m ዘመኑ (zämänu) ዘመናቸው (zämänaččäw)
f ዘመኗ (zämänʷa)

Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ).

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän) m (plural አዝማን (ʾäzman), rarer ዘመናት (zämänat))

  1. time
  2. age (of a person)
  3. age, era, period, century
  4. time of the year
  5. season

References

Tigrinya

Alternative forms

  • ዘበን (zäbän) — sporadic sound change

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ).

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän)

  1. age, epoch
  2. century
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