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 (ʔazmān))

1. time
2. age (whole duration of a being)

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

References

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