Appendix:Proto-Semitic/zaman-

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Contents

1 Proto-Semitic
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Descendants

Proto-Semitic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probable Wanderwort, unlikely to be Proto-Semitic. Compare Persian زمان (zamân).

Noun[edit]

*zaman-

time

Descendants[edit]

Amharic: ዘመን (zämän)
Arabic: زَمَن (zaman)
- Maltese: żmien
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܙܒܢܐ (zaḇnāʾ)

Hebrew: זמנא (zamnāʾ), זבנא (zabnāʾ)

Mandaic: ࡆࡀࡌࡀࡍ (zaman)
Ge'ez: ዘመነ / ዛማን (zaman)
Hebrew: זמן (zmān)
Tigrinya: ዘመን (zämän)

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Proto-Semitic language