Avar edit

Etymology edit

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian زمان. Compare Azerbaijani zaman.

Noun edit

заман (zaman)

  1. time

Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zɑˈmɑn]
  • Hyphenation: за‧ман

Noun edit

заман (zaman)

  1. period of time in history; epoch, era
    Заман башҡа, заң башҡа.
    Zaman başqa, zañ başqa.
    Different time, different laws. (=Laws change as time goes).
    Ул заманда самолёт хаҡы осһоҙ булды.
    Ul zamanda samolyot xaqı oshoź buldı.
    At that time, the airfares were cheap.
    Мәжит Ғафури «Януарҙарға килгән үләт» исемле мәҫәлендә Лафонтен заманынан билдәле сюжетҡа мөрәжәғәт итә.
    Məjit Ğafuri «Yanwarźarğa kilgən ülət» isemle məśəlendə Lafonten zamanınan bildəle syujetqa mörəjəğət itə.
    Majit Gafuri in his fable titled "The pestilence has come to animals" turns to a plot known from the time of (Jean de) La Fontaine.
  2. modern time, the current period in history
    Ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар өсөн машина йөрөтә белеү — заман талабы.
    Qatın-qıźźar ösön maşina yörötə belew — zaman talabı.
    For women to be able to drive a car is the modern time’s necessity (=part of modern life).
  3. (grammar) tense
    Үткән заман.
    Ütkən zaman.
    Past tense.
    Хәҙерге заман.
    Xəźerge zaman.
    Present tense.
    Ҡылымдарҙы киләсәк заманға ҡуйығыҙ.
    Qılımdarźı kiləsək zamanğa quyığıź.
    Put the verbs in the future tense.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic زامان
Cyrillic заман
Latin zaman

Etymology edit

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

заман (zaman)

  1. period of time
  2. (geology) era

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Kumyk edit

Noun edit

заман (zaman)

  1. time
    заман болдуzaman bolduthe time has come

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “заман”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

заман (zaman) (Arabic spelling زامان)

  1. period of time
  2. (geology) era

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

заман (zamanm

  1. (archaic) time

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ottoman Turkish زمان (zaman), from Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zǎmaːn/
  • Hyphenation: за‧ман

Noun edit

за̀ма̄н m (Latin spelling zàmān)

  1. time
  2. epoch
  3. era
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ; compare за, у, ма́на.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zâmaːn/
  • Hyphenation: за‧ман

Adverb edit

за̏ма̄н (Latin spelling zȁmān)

  1. in vain
  2. freely, gratis, for nothing

Tatar edit

Etymology edit

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Noun edit

заман (zaman)

  1. time
  2. epoch
  3. era