زمن

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.man/

Noun

زَمَن • (zaman) m (plural أَزْمَان (ʔazmān))

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

Declension

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
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