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زن

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See also: ژن and رن

Arabic

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Verb

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زن (form I)

  1. زِنْ (zin) /zin/: second-person masculine singular imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)
  2. زِنَّ (zinna) /zin.na/: second-person feminine plural imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)

Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zan
Dari reading? zan
Iranian reading? zan
Tajik reading? zan
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (zan), from Proto-Iranian *ǰánHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Cognates include English queen, Northern Kurdish jin, Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka), Russian жена (žena), etc.

Noun

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Dari زن
Iranian Persian
Tajik зан

زن (zan) (plural زنان, or زن‌ها)

  1. woman
    Antonym: مرد (mard)
    زن، زندگی، آزادیzan, zendegi, âzâdiWoman, Life, Freedom
  2. wife
    برادر زنم یک هفته با ما می‌مونه.
    barâdar-e zanam yek hafte bâ mâ mi-mune.
    My wife's brother is staying with us for a week.
  3. female
Inflection
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Basic forms of زن
singular plural
bare زن (zan) زنان، زنا (zanấn, zanấ)
definitive direct object زن را، زن رو (zan râ, zano) زنان را، زنا رو (zanấn râ, zanấ ro)
ezâfe زن (zan-e) زنان، زنای (zanấn-e, zanấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
زنی (zan-i) زنانی، زنایی (zanấn-i, zanấi)

Colloquial.

Possessive forms of زن
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
زنم (zánam) زن‌هایم، زن‌هام، زنام (zan-hấyam, zanấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
زنت (zánat, zánet) زن‌هایت، زن‌هات، زنات (zan-hấyat, zanất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
زنش (zánaš, záneš) زن‌هایش، زن‌هاش، زناش (zan-hấyaš, zanấš)
1st person plural
(“our”)
زنمان، زنمون (zánemân, zánemun) زن‌هایمان، زن‌هامون، زنامون (zan-hấyemân, zanấmun)
2nd person plural
(“your”)
زنتان، زنتون (zánetân, zánetun) زن‌هایتان، زن‌هاتون، زناتون (zan-hấyetân, zanấtun)
3rd person plural
(“their”)
زنشان، زنشون (zánešân, zánešun) زن‌هایشان، زن‌هاشون، زناشون (zan-hấyešân, zanấšun)

Colloquial.

Predicative forms of زن (zan)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
زنم (zanam) زنیم (zanim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
زنی (zani) زنید، زنین (zanid, zanin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
زن است، زنه (zan ast, zane) زنند، زنن (zanand, zanan)

Colloquial.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: zən
  • Urdu: زن

Etymology 2

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Verb

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زَن (zan)

  1. present stem form of زَدَن (zadan)

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*gʷḗn

Borrowed from Classical Persian زن (zan, woman; wife). Cognate with English queen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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زَن (zanf (Hindi spelling ज़न)

  1. woman, adult female
  2. wife; bride

Etymology 2

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PIE word
*gʷʰen-

From Classical Persian زَن (zan, strike; slay; beat).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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زَن (zan) (Hindi spelling ज़न)

  1. (suffix) beating, striking, smiting
  2. beater, striker; slayer
  3. doer

References

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  • زن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.