Mongolian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Chinese  / (yàng, form) either directly into an ancestor of Mongolian, or via Turkic; compare Karakhanid [script needed] (yaŋ, manner).

Noun

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зан (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰang)); (hidden-g declension)

  1. character, temperament
  2. mood
  3. behaviour
  4. custom, habit
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Chinese (zhǎng, sole).

Noun

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зан (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰang)); (hidden-g declension)

  1. sole (bottom of a shoe)

Etymology 3

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From Chinese (zhàng, cane).

Noun

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зан (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰang)); (hidden-g declension)

  1. (obsolete) cane, rod, pole
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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зан (zan)

  1. Nonstandard form of занги (zangi).

Etymology 5

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Noun

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зан (zan)

  1. Nonstandard form of жан (žan).

Tajik

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Classical Persian زَن (zan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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зан (zan) (Persian spelling زن)

  1. woman
    Antonym: мард (mard)
  2. wife
  3. female
Inflection
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Inflection of зан
singular plural
bare зан (zan) занон (zanon)1 [Term?] [Term?]
definite
object
занро (zanro) занонро (zanonro)1 ро (ro) ро (ro)
izofa зани (zan-i) занони (zanon-i)1 и (i) и (i)
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare зане (zane)
object занеро (zanero)

1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (занҳо (zanho)), is also acceptable.

Possessive forms of зан
singular plural
bare 1st singular занам (zanam) занонам (zanonam)1 ам (am) ам (am)
2nd singular занат (zanat) занонат (zanonat)1 ат (at) ат (at)
3rd singular занаш (zanaš) занонаш (zanonaš)1 аш () аш ()
1st plural занамон (zanamon) занонамон (zanonamon)1 амон (amon) амон (amon)
2nd plural занатон (zanaton) занонатон (zanonaton)1 атон (aton) атон (aton)
3rd plural занашон (zanašon) занонашон (zanonašon)1 ашон (ašon) ашон (ašon)
singular plural
definite
object
1st singular занамро (zanamro) занонамро (zanonamro)1 амро (amro) амро (amro)
2nd singular занатро (zanatro) занонатро (zanonatro)1 атро (atro) атро (atro)
3rd singular занашро (zanašro) занонашро (zanonašro)1 ашро (ašro) ашро (ašro)
1st plural занамонро (zanamonro) занонамонро (zanonamonro)1 амонро (amonro) амонро (amonro)
2nd plural занатонро (zanatonro) занонатонро (zanonatonro)1 атонро (atonro) атонро (atonro)
3rd plural занашонро (zanašonro) занонашонро (zanonašonro)1 ашонро (ašonro) ашонро (ašonro)

1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (занҳо (zanho)), is also acceptable.

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Classical Persian ظَنّ (zann), from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zann/, [zän(ː)] (when followed by a vowel)

Noun

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зан (zan) (Persian spelling ظن)

  1. opinion; thought; view
    Synonym: ақида (aqida)
  2. guess; conjecture
    Synonyms: гумон (gumon), ҳадс (hads)
Inflection
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Inflection of занн
singular plural
sound broken1
bare занн (zann) заннҳо (zannho) зунун (zunun) [Term?]
definite
object
заннро (zannro) заннҳоро (zannhoro) зунунро (zununro) ро (ro)
izofa занни (zann-i) заннҳои (zannho-yi) зунуни (zunun-i) и (i)
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare занне (zanne)
object заннеро (zannero)

1Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

Possessive forms of занн
singular plural
sound broken1
bare 1st singular заннам (zannam) заннҳоям (zannhoyam) зунунам (zununam) ам (am)
2nd singular заннат (zannat) заннҳоят (zannhoyat) зунунат (zununat) ат (at)
3rd singular заннаш (zannaš) заннҳояш (zannhoyaš) зунунаш (zununaš) аш ()
1st plural заннамон (zannamon) заннҳоямон (zannhoyamon) зунунамон (zununamon) амон (amon)
2nd plural заннатон (zannaton) заннҳоятон (zannhoyaton) зунунатон (zununaton) атон (aton)
3rd plural заннашон (zannašon) заннҳояшон (zannhoyašon) зунунашон (zununašon) ашон (ašon)
singular plural
sound broken1
definite
object
1st singular заннамро (zannamro) заннҳоямро (zannhoyamro) зунунамро (zununamro) амро (amro)
2nd singular заннатро (zannatro) заннҳоятро (zannhoyatro) зунунатро (zununatro) атро (atro)
3rd singular заннашро (zannašro) заннҳояшро (zannhoyašro) зунунашро (zununašro) ашро (ašro)
1st plural заннамонро (zannamonro) заннҳоямонро (zannhoyamonro) зунунамонро (zununamonro) амонро (amonro)
2nd plural заннатонро (zannatonro) заннҳоятонро (zannhoyatonro) зунунатонро (zununatonro) атонро (atonro)
3rd plural заннашонро (zannašonro) заннҳояшонро (zannhoyašonro) зунунашонро (zununašonro) ашонро (ašonro)

1Broken plurals are generally much less common than sound plurals.

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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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зан (zan) (Persian spelling زن)

  1. present stem of задан (zadan)

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