zaman

From Cariban.

zaman

1. Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
   • 1995, Madison Smartt Bell, All souls' rising‎^[1], page 327:

     On shore, the mule's pinkish ears revolved lazily in the shade of the zaman tree.

• (Albizia saman): monkey pod, rain tree, saman, zamang

• Albizia saman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• namaz

From Persian زمان (zamân).

• IPA^(key): [zɑˈmɑn]
• Hyphenation: za‧man

• Audio:

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zaman (definite accusative zamanı, plural zamanlar)

1. time

   Synonym: vaxt

   Zaman puldur. ― Time is money.

2. (grammar) tense

   keçmiş zaman ― past tense

   indiki zaman ― present tense

   gələcək zaman ― future tense

• zaman-zaman (“from time to time”)
• zəmanə (“times, period, era”)

• jaman (colloquial)

From Malay zaman, from Persian زمان (zamân).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzaman/ [ˈza.man]
• Rhymes: -aman
• Syllabification: za‧man

zaman

1. age (a particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others)
2. age (a great period in the history of the Earth)
3. era; time (a time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)
4. period (a length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity)

From Persian زمان (zamân).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaman/
• Rhymes: -aman

zaman (Jawi spelling زمان)

1. age (particular period of time in history)

• Indonesian: zaman

• “zaman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زمان (zaman).

zaman n (plural zamanuri)

1. (obsolete) occasion, opportunity

• zaman in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زمان (zamân), from Persian زمان (zamân).

• IPA^(key): /zǎmaːn/
• Hyphenation: za‧man

zàmān m inan (Cyrillic spelling за̀ма̄н)

1. (regional, Bosnia) time
2. (regional, Bosnia) epoch, era

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ; compare za, u, mána.

• IPA^(key): /zâmaːn/
• Hyphenation: za‧man

zȁmān (Cyrillic spelling за̏ма̄н)

1. in vain, futile
2. free of charge, gratis

From Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ.

• IPA^(key): /zamán/

zamȁn

1. in vain, without success

   vse je zaman ― it's all in vain

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:zaman.

• “zaman”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Ottoman Turkish زمان (zamân), from Old Anatolian Turkish زمان (zamân), from Classical Persian زَمَان (zamān)

• IPA^(key): [zɑˈmɑn]
• IPA^(key): [zɑˈmɑːn] (when followed by a vowel)

• Audio:

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zaman (definite accusative zamanı, plural zamanlar)

1. time (progression into the future with the passing of present and past events)
2. duration

   Synonym: süre

3. interval (of time)

   Synonym: ara

4. epoch, era

   Synonyms: çağ, dönem

5. (grammar) tense

• (time: physics): uzayzaman

• “zaman”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zaman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

From Persian زمان (zamân).

• IPA^(key): [zɑmɑːn]
• Hyphenation: za‧man

zaman (definite accusative zamany, plural zamanlar)

1. time, age, era
2. time, occasion
3. (grammar) tense

• “zaman” in Enedilim.com
• “zaman” in Webonary.org

Borrowed from Persian زمان (zamân).

• IPA^(key): /zaˈman/

zaman (Nisheigram)

1. time

• e zaman (“one time”)