زمن

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.man/

• Audio (Modern Standard Arabic):

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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