زمانہ

See also: زمانه

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زَمَانَه (zamāna), from Middle Persian ẕmʾnk' (zamānag). Equivalent to زَمان (zamān) +‎ ـہ (-h).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.mɑː.nɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: زَ‧ما‧نہ

Noun

زَمانَہ • (zamāna) m (Hindi spelling ज़माना)

1. era, age (ie. period in time)

   Synonyms: دَور (daur), عَرْصَہ ('arsa), زَماں (zamā̃)

2. world

   Synonyms: عالَم ('ālam), دُنِیا (duniyā)

3. reign (of an empire etc.)

   Synonyms: حُکُومَت (hukūmat), راج (rāj)

4. (grammar) tense

Declension

Declension of زمانہ
	singular	plural
direct	زَمانہ (zamānah)	زَمانے (zamāne)
oblique	زَمانے (zamāne)	زَمانوں (zamānõ)
vocative	زَمانے (zamāne)	زَمانو (zamāno)

Further reading

• “زمانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “زمانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زمانہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “زمانه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “زمانه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “زمانه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC