زان

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See also: ژان and ران

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of زَنَى (zanā, to commit adultery), from the root ز ن ي (z-n-y).

Noun

زَانٍ (zāninm (construct state زَانِي (zānī), plural زَانُون (zānūn) or زُنَاة (zunāh), feminine زَانِيَة (zāniya))

  1. fornicator, adulterer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:2:
      ٱَلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ
      az-zāniyatu waz-zānī fajlidū kulla wāḥidin minhumā miʔata jaldatin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ز ي ن (z-y-n)

Verb

زَانَ (zāna) I, non-past يَزِينُ‎ (yazīnu)

  1. to adorn
Conjugation

Etymology 3

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Noun

زَان (zānm

  1. beech (Fagus gen. et spp.)
Declension
References
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 577
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 516

Persian

Etymology

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Noun

زان (zân)

  1. beech