Appendix:Proto-Semitic/zaman-

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

Probable Wanderwort, unlikely to be Proto-Semitic. Compare Persian زمان (zamân).

Noun

*zaman-

1. time

Descendants

• Amharic: ዘመን (zämän)
• Arabic: زَمَن (zaman)
  • Maltese: żmien
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܙܡܢܐ (zamnā’)

  Hebrew: זמנא (zamnā’)

• Ge'ez: ዛማን (zaman)
• Hebrew: זמן (zmān)
• Tigrinya: ዘመን (zämän)