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 | ||||||||
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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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — 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 |