See also: ژانand ران

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from the active participle of زَنَى(zanā, to commit adultery), from the root ز ن ي(z-n-y).

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)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ز ي ن(z-y-n).

Verb edit

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

  1. to adorn
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

 
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From Persian زان(zân).

Noun edit

زَان (zānm

  1. beech (Fagus gen. et spp.)
Declension edit
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, page 605
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “زان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 577
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 516

Kashmiri edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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