𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀
Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a late pronunciation of Old Persian *jamānā (“time”), reconstructible for Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH.
Noun edit
𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 • (zmnʾ) m (absolute state 𐡆𐡌𐡍 (zmn), also 𐡆𐡌𐡀𐡍 (zmʾn))[1][2] (Imperial Aramaic)
Descendants edit
- Biblical Aramaic: זְמַן (zəman)
- Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡦𐡡𐡭 (zbn)
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: זמן (zmn, “set time”), emphatic זמנה, זימנה (zimnā), and זבן (zbn, “a counted occurrence”), absolute plural זבנין and זיבנין (zibīn)
- Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܙܒܢ (zbn)
- Classical Syriac: ܙܰܒܢܳܐ (zaḇnā); ܙܡܢܐ (zmnʾ) (rarely, in incantation bowls)
- Classical Mandaic: ࡆࡀࡌࡀࡍ (zaman), ࡆࡁࡀࡍ (zban)
- Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢉𐢓𐢔, 𐢉𐢃𐢔
- Jewish Literary Aramaic: זִימְנָא (zimnā), זִמְנָא (zimnā), זְמַן (zəman, construct)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: זִימְנָא (zimnā), זִמְנָא (zimnā), זְמַן (zəman, construct); זבן (zbn) (rarely, in magic bowls)
- → Arabic: زَمَان (zamān), زَمَن (zaman)
- → Ethiopian Semitic:[3]
- North Ethiopian Semitic:
- South Ethiopian Semitic:
- → Hebrew: זְמָן (zəmān), זְמַן (zəman)[5]
- → Modern South Arabian:
References edit
- ^ “zmn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- ^ Hoftijzer, J, Jongeling, K. (1995) Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 332
- ^ Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 44
- ^ Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 639a
- ^ Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 49