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

Declension of noun زَمَن (zaman)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَمَن zaman	الزَّمَن‎ az-zaman	زَمَن zaman
Nominative	زَمَنٌ zamanun	الزَّمَنُ‎ az-zamanu	زَمَنُ zamanu
Accusative	زَمَنًا‎ zamanan	الزَّمَنَ‎ az-zamana	زَمَنَ zamana
Genitive	زَمَنٍ zamanin	الزَّمَنِ‎ az-zamani	زَمَنِ zamani
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَمَنَيْن‎ zamanayn	الزَّمَنَيْن‎ az-zamanayn	زَمَنَيْ‎ zamanay
Nominative	زَمَنَانِ‎ zamanāni	الزَّمَنَانِ‎ az-zamanāni	زَمَنَا‎ zamanā
Accusative	زَمَنَيْنِ‎ zamanayni	الزَّمَنَيْنِ‎ az-zamanayni	زَمَنَيْ‎ zamanay
Genitive	زَمَنَيْنِ‎ zamanayni	الزَّمَنَيْنِ‎ az-zamanayni	زَمَنَيْ‎ zamanay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَزْمَان‎ ʔazmān	الْأَزْمَان‎ al-ʔazmān	أَزْمَان‎ ʔazmān
Nominative	أَزْمَانٌ‎ ʔazmānun	الْأَزْمَانُ‎ al-ʔazmānu	أَزْمَانُ‎ ʔazmānu
Accusative	أَزْمَانًا‎ ʔazmānan	الْأَزْمَانَ‎ al-ʔazmāna	أَزْمَانَ‎ ʔazmāna
Genitive	أَزْمَانٍ‎ ʔazmānin	الْأَزْمَانِ‎ al-ʔazmāni	أَزْمَانِ‎ ʔazmāni

Related terms

• زَمَان‎ (zamān)

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