See also: ژان and ران

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ز ن ي (z-n-y)

Derived from the active participle of زَنَى (zanā, to commit adultery).

Noun edit

زَانٍ (zāninm (construct state زَانِي (zānī), plural زَانُون (zānūn) or زُنَاة (zunāh), feminine زَانِيَة (zāniya))

  1. fornicator, adulterer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:2:
      ٱَلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ
      az-zāniyatu waz-zānī fajlidū kulla wāḥidin minhumā miʔata jaldatin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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  • Portuguese: zoina

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ز ي ن (z-y-n)

Verb edit

زَانَ (zāna) I, non-past يَزِينُ‎ (yazīnu)

  1. to adorn
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Etymology 3 edit

 
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From Persian زان (zân).

Noun edit

زَان (zānm

  1. beech (Fagus gen. et spp.)
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References edit
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 605
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 577
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 516

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Northern Kurdish zan

زان (zan) (present stem زێ- (zê-))

  1. (intransitive) to give birth

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Kashmiri edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna).

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زان (zānf (Devanagari ज़ान)

  1. knowledge
    Synonyms: گیٛان, پَے (paē), عٔلِم (ʿạlim), پَتاہ
  2. acquaintance, familiarity
  3. discovery, ascertaining

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Variant of زبان (zabân), also زوان (zavân), as in زبان گنجشک (zabân-gonješk, ash), which is a tree with very similar leaves.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? zān
Dari reading? zān
Iranian reading? zân
Tajik reading? zon

Noun edit

زان (zân)

  1. beech