зан

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /t͡saŋ/, [ˈt͡saŋ]

Etymology 1

From Chinese 樣 / 样 (yàng, “form”) either directly into an ancestor of Mongolian, or via Turkic; compare Karakhanid [script needed] (yaŋ, “manner”).

Noun

зан • (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰang)); (hidden-g declension)

1. character, temperament
2. mood
3. behaviour
4. custom, habit

Derived terms

• ааш зан (aaš zan)
• зан муутай (zan muutaj)
• зан сайтай (zan sajtaj)
• зан үйл (zan üjl)
• их зан (ix zan)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 掌 (zhǎng, “sole”).

Noun

зан • (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰang)); (hidden-g declension)

2. sole (bottom of a shoe)

Etymology 3

From Chinese 杖 (zhàng, “cane”).

Noun

зан • (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰang)); (hidden-g declension)

2. (obsolete) cane, rod, pole

Derived terms

• зандах (zandax, “to chide”)
  • зандрах (zandrax, “to chide”)

Etymology 4

Noun

зан • (zan)

1. nonstandard form of занги (zangi)

Etymology 5

Noun

зан • (zan)

1. nonstandard form of жан (žan)

Tajik

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Persian زَن (zan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zan/, [zän]

Noun

зан • (zan) (Persian spelling زن)

1. woman

   Antonym: мард (mard)

2. wife
3. female

Inflection

Inflection of зан

		singular	plural
sound	broken2	or broken2
bare		зан (zan)	занон (zanon)1	[Term?]	[Term?]
definite object		занро (zanro)	занонро (zanonro)1	ро (ro)	ро (ro)
izofa		зани (zan-i)	занони (zanon-i)1	и (i)	и (i)
indefinite, definite relative	bare	зане (zane)	—	—	—
	object	занеро (zanero)	—	—	—

¹The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (занҳо (zanho)), is also acceptable.

Possessive forms of зан

		singular	plural
sound	broken2	broken2
bare	1st singular	занам (zanam)	занонам (zanonam)1	ам (am)	ам (am)
	2nd singular	занат (zanat)	занонат (zanonat)1	ат (at)	ат (at)
	3rd singular	занаш (zanaš)	занонаш (zanonaš)1	аш (aš)	аш (aš)
	1st plural	занамон (zanamon)	занонамон (zanonamon)1	амон (amon)	амон (amon)
	2nd plural	занатон (zanaton)	занонатон (zanonaton)1	атон (aton)	атон (aton)
	3rd plural	занашон (zanašon)	занонашон (zanonašon)1	ашон (ašon)	ашон (ašon)
		singular	plural
sound	broken2	broken2
definite object	1st singular	занамро (zanamro)	занонамро (zanonamro)1	амро (amro)	амро (amro)
	2nd singular	занатро (zanatro)	занонатро (zanonatro)1	атро (atro)	атро (atro)
	3rd singular	занашро (zanašro)	занонашро (zanonašro)1	ашро (ašro)	ашро (ašro)
	1st plural	занамонро (zanamonro)	занонамонро (zanonamonro)1	амонро (amonro)	амонро (amonro)
	2nd plural	занатонро (zanatonro)	занонатонро (zanonatonro)1	атонро (atonro)	атонро (atonro)
	3rd plural	занашонро (zanašonro)	занонашонро (zanonašonro)1	ашонро (ašonro)	ашонро (ašonro)

¹The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (занҳо (zanho)), is also acceptable.

Derived terms

• занак (zanak)
• занака (zanaka)
• занона (zanona)
• занонагӣ (zanonagi)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Classical Persian ظَنّ (zann), from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

Alternative forms

• занн (zann)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zan(n)/, [zän(n)]

• IPA^(key): /zann/, [zän(ː)] (when followed by a vowel)

Noun

зан • (zan) (Persian spelling ظن)

1. opinion; thought; view

   Synonym: ақида (aqida)

2. guess; conjecture

   Synonyms: гумон (gumon), ҳадс (hads)

Inflection

Inflection of зан

		singular	plural
			sound	broken1	or broken1
bare		зан (zan)	занҳо (zanho)	зунун (zunun)	[Term?]
definite object		занро (zanro)	занҳоро (zanhoro)	зунунро (zununro)	ро (ro)
izofa		зани (zan-i)	занҳои (zanho-yi)	зунуни (zunun-i)	и (i)
indefinite, definite relative	bare	зане (zane)	—	—	—
	object	занеро (zanero)	—	—	—

¹Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

Possessive forms of зан

		singular	plural
			sound	broken1	broken1
bare	1st singular	занам (zanam)	занҳоям (zanhoyam)	зунунам (zununam)	ам (am)
	2nd singular	занат (zanat)	занҳоят (zanhoyat)	зунунат (zununat)	ат (at)
	3rd singular	занаш (zanaš)	занҳояш (zanhoyaš)	зунунаш (zununaš)	аш (aš)
	1st plural	занамон (zanamon)	занҳоямон (zanhoyamon)	зунунамон (zununamon)	амон (amon)
	2nd plural	занатон (zanaton)	занҳоятон (zanhoyaton)	зунунатон (zununaton)	атон (aton)
	3rd plural	занашон (zanašon)	занҳояшон (zanhoyašon)	зунунашон (zununašon)	ашон (ašon)
		singular	plural
			sound	broken1	broken1
definite object	1st singular	занамро (zanamro)	занҳоямро (zanhoyamro)	зунунамро (zununamro)	амро (amro)
	2nd singular	занатро (zanatro)	занҳоятро (zanhoyatro)	зунунатро (zununatro)	атро (atro)
	3rd singular	занашро (zanašro)	занҳояшро (zanhoyašro)	зунунашро (zununašro)	ашро (ašro)
	1st plural	занамонро (zanamonro)	занҳоямонро (zanhoyamonro)	зунунамонро (zununamonro)	амонро (amonro)
	2nd plural	занатонро (zanatonro)	занҳоятонро (zanhoyatonro)	зунунатонро (zununatonro)	атонро (atonro)
	3rd plural	занашонро (zanašonro)	занҳояшонро (zanhoyašonro)	зунунашонро (zununašonro)	ашонро (ašonro)

¹Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

Derived terms

• бадмазанна (badmazanna)
• заннун (zannun)
• мазанна (mazanna)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

зан • (zan) (Persian spelling زن)

1. present stem of задан (zadan)

Further reading

• зан on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tg
• “зан”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025