ज़माना

See also: जमाना, जमना, ज़माने, जामुन, and ज़मीन

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जमाना (jamānā) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمانه (zamāna), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ẕmʾnk' /⁠zamānag⁠/). Compare Punjabi ਜ਼ਮਾਨਾ (zamānā) / زَمانہ (zamānh), Gujarati જમાનો (jamāno), Marathi जमाना (jamānā), Bengali জমানা (jomana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /zə.mɑː.nɑː/, [zɐ.mäː.näː], /d͡ʒə.mɑː.nɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.mäː.näː]

Noun

ज़माना • (zamānā) m (Urdu spelling زَمَانَہ)

1. age, era

   Synonym: युग (yug)

2. period

   Synonym: पीढ़ी (pīṛhī)

   पुराने ज़माने में हम काम बिजली के बिना करते थे।

   purāne zamāne mẽ ham kām bijlī ke binā karte the.

   In the olden days, we worked without electricity.

Declension

Declension of ज़माना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़माना zamānā	ज़माने zamāne
oblique	ज़माने zamāne	ज़मानों zamānõ
vocative	ज़माने zamāne	ज़मानो zamāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zamānā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press