زن
Appearance
Arabic
[edit]Verb
[edit]زن (form I)
- زِنْ (zin) /zin/: second-person masculine singular imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)
- زِنَّ (zinna) /zin.na/: second-person feminine plural imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)
Persian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zan]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zän]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zan |
Dari reading? | zan |
Iranian reading? | zan |
Tajik reading? | zan |
Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]Dari | زن |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зан |
زن • (zan) (plural زنان, or زنها)
- woman
- Antonym: مرد (mard)
- زن، زندگی، آزادی ― zan, zendegi, âzâdi ― Woman, Life, Freedom
- 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.
- female
Inflection
[edit]singular | plural | |
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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.
singular | plural | |
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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.
singular | plural | |
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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
[edit]- برادرزن (barādar-zan / barâdar-zan)
- بیوهزن (bēwa-zan / bive-zan)
- خواهرزن (xwāhar-zan / xâhar-zan)
- زناشویی (zanāšōyī / zanâšuyi)
- زنانه (zanāna / zanâne)
- زنانگی (zanānagī / zanânegi)
- زنی (zanī / zani)
- زنبابا (zan-bābā / zan-bâbâ)
- زنباره (zan-bāra / zan-bâre)
- زنباز (zan-bāz / zan-bâz)
- زنبرادر (zan-barādar / zan-barâdar)
- زنداداش (zan-dādāš / zan-dâdâš) (Iran)
- زندار (zan-dār / zan-dâr)
- زنذلیل (zan-zalīl / zan-zalil)
- زنسالار (zan-sālār / zan-sâlâr)
- زنصفت (zan-sifat / zan-sefat)
- زننما (zan-namā / zan-namâ)
- زَنمَامَا (zan-māmā / zan-mâmâ) (Dari)
- شیرزن (šēr-zan / šir-zan)
- مادرزن (mādar-zan / mâdar-zan)
- پدرزن (padar-zan / pedar-zan)
- پیرزن (pīrzan / pirzan)
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]زَن • (zan)
Urdu
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]PIE word |
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*gʷḗn |
Borrowed from Classical Persian زن (zan, “woman; wife”). Cognate with English queen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zən/
Noun
[edit]زَن • (zan) f (Hindi spelling ज़न)
Etymology 2
[edit]PIE word |
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*gʷʰen- |
From Classical Persian زَن (zan, “strike; slay; beat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zən/
Adjective
[edit]زَن • (zan) (Hindi spelling ज़न)
References
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- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
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- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian lemmas
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- Persian non-lemma forms
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- fa:Family
- fa:Human
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
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- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu feminine nouns
- Urdu terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *gʷʰen-
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