zaman
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Cariban.
Noun[edit]
zaman
- Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
- 1995, Madison Smartt Bell, All souls' rising[1], page 327:
- On shore, the mule's pinkish ears revolved lazily in the shade of the zaman tree.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Albizia saman): monkey pod, rain tree, saman, zamang
See also[edit]
Albizia saman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zaman (definite accusative zamanı, plural zamanlar)
- time
- Synonym: vaxt
- Zaman puldur. ― Time is money.
- (grammar) tense
- keçmiş zaman ― past tense
- indiki zaman ― present tense
- gələcək zaman ― future tense
Declension[edit]
Declension of zaman | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | zaman |
zamanlar | ||||||
definite accusative | zamanı |
zamanları | ||||||
dative | zamana |
zamanlara | ||||||
locative | zamanda |
zamanlarda | ||||||
ablative | zamandan |
zamanlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | zamanın |
zamanların |
See also[edit]
- zaman-zaman (“from time to time”)
- zəmanə (“times, period, era”)
Indonesian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- jaman (nonstandard)
Etymology[edit]
From Malay zaman, from Classical Malay zaman. Ultimately from Persian زمان (zamân).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zaman (plural zaman-zaman, first-person possessive zamanku, second-person possessive zamanmu, third-person possessive zamannya)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “zaman” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zaman (Jawi spelling زمان, plural zaman-zaman, informal 1st possessive zamanku, 2nd possessive zamanmu, 3rd possessive zamannya)
- age (particular period of time in history)
Descendants[edit]
- Indonesian: zaman
Further reading[edit]
- “zaman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زمان (zamân), from Persian زمان (zamân).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zàmān m (Cyrillic spelling за̀ма̄н)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ; compare za, u, mána.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
zȁmān (Cyrillic spelling за̏ма̄н)
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
zamȁn
- in vain, without success
- vse je zaman ― it's all in vain
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:zaman.
Further reading[edit]
- “zaman”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish زمان (zamân), from Old Anatolian Turkish زمان (zamân), from Persian زمان (zamân).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zaman (definite accusative zamanı, plural zamanlar)
- time (referring to a broad time period like epoch, period, season, etc. It is not the type of time that one reads from a watch or a clock)
- epoch
- era
- always
- (grammar) tense
Declension[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
- (time: physics): mekân-zaman
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- zaman in Reverso (Turkish-English)
Turkmen[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zaman (definite accusative zamany, plural zamanlar)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | zaman | zamanlar |
accusative | zamany | zamanlary |
genitive | zamanyň | zamanlaryň |
dative | zamana | zamanlara |
locative | zamanda | zamanlarda |
ablative | zamandan | zamanlardan |
Further reading[edit]
- English terms derived from Cariban languages
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Mimosa subfamily plants
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Persian
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani terms with audio links
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- Azerbaijani terms with usage examples
- az:Grammar
- az:Time
- Indonesian terms derived from Persian
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Persian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay
- Malay terms derived from Persian
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Geology
- id:Time
- Malay terms borrowed from Persian
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/aman
- Rhymes:Malay/man
- Rhymes:Malay/an
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Time
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian adverbs
- sh:Time
- Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene adverbs
- Slovene terms with usage examples
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Persian
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Grammar
- tr:Time
- Turkmen terms borrowed from Persian
- Turkmen terms derived from Persian
- Turkmen terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkmen lemmas
- Turkmen nouns
- tk:Grammar
- tk:Time