زمن

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *zaman-, from the root ز م ن‎ (z-m-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.man/

Noun

زَمَن • (zaman) m (plural أَزْمَان‎ (ʾazmān))

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 ʾazmān	الْأَزْمَان‎ al-ʾazmān	أَزْمَان‎ ʾazmān
Nominative	أَزْمَانٌ‎ ʾazmānun	الْأَزْمَانُ‎ al-ʾazmānu	أَزْمَانُ‎ ʾazmānu
Accusative	أَزْمَانًا‎ ʾazmānan	الْأَزْمَانَ‎ al-ʾazmāna	أَزْمَانَ‎ ʾazmāna
Genitive	أَزْمَانٍ‎ ʾazmānin	الْأَزْمَانِ‎ al-ʾazmāni	أَزْمَانِ‎ ʾazmāni

Related terms

• زَمَان‎ (zamān)

Descendants

• → Swahili: zamani

References

• Wehr, Hans, “زمن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic‎^[1], 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, 1979, →ISBN