User:Victar/𐡆𐡌𐡀𐡍

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• : 𐡆𐡌𐡍 (zmn)
• Bissa: זְמַן (zəman)

Etymology

From Old Persian *jamānā (“time, hour”).

Noun

𐡆𐡌𐡀𐡍 • (zmʾn) (Imperial Aramaic)

1. time

Descendants

• Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡦𐡡𐡭 (zbn)
• Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: זמן (zmn, “set time”), זמנה, זימנה (zimnā, emphatic), זבן (zbn, “a counted occurrence”), זבנין, זיבנין (zibīn, absolute plural)
• Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܙܒܢ (zbn)
• Classical Syriac: ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ (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:
  • North Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ዘመን (zämän)
      • Tigre: ዘበን (zäbän)
      • Tigrinya: ዘመን (zämän), ዘበን (zäbän) (sporadic)
    • → Cushitic:
      • → Afar: daban
      • → Blin: daban, demaan
  • South Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: ዘመን (zämän), ዘበን (zäbän) (sporadic)
    • Argobba: ዘበን (zäbän)
    • Gurage: ዘመን (zämän)
    • Harari: ዘማን (zäman)
• → Hebrew: זְמָן (zəmān), זְמַן (zəman)
• → Modern South Arabian:
  • Mehri: zemōn, zubōn
  • Soqotri: zɛm, zəmán

Further reading

• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[4], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 91–92
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 638
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[5] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 44