зан

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"

Mongolian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese 樣／样 (yàng, “form”) either directly into an ancestor of Mongolian, or via Turkic; compare Karakhanid (yaŋ, “manner”).

Noun

зан • (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰaŋ)); (hidden-g declension)

  1. character, temperament
  2. mood
  3. behaviour
  4. custom, habit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 掌 (zhǎng, “sole”).

Noun

зан • (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰaŋ)); (hidden-g declension)

  2. sole (bottom of a shoe)

Etymology 3

From Chinese 杖 (zhàng, “cane”).

Noun

зан • (zan) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠩ (ǰaŋ)); (hidden-g declension)

  2. (obsolete) cane, rod, pole
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Noun

зан • (zan)

  1. Nonstandard form of занги (zangi).

Etymology 5

Noun

зан • (zan)

  1. Nonstandard form of жан (žan).

Tajik

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰánHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Noun

Dari زن
Iranian Persian
Tajik зан
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зан • (zan) (plural занoн or занҳo)

  1. woman
  2. wife
  3. female

Inflection

Inflection of зан
singular plural
sound broken2
bare зан
zan 		занон
zanon1
definite
object 		занро
zanro 		занонро
zanonro1 		ро
ro
izofa зани
zani 		занони
zanoni1 		и
i
indefinite,
definite
relative 		bare зане
zane 		— —
object занеро
zanero 		— —
1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (занҳо (zanho)), is also acceptable.
Possessive forms of зан
singular plural
sound broken2
bare 1st singular занам
zanam 		занонам
zanonam1 		ам
am
2nd singular занат
zanat 		занонат
zanonat1 		ат
at
3rd singular занаш
zanaš 		занонаш
zanonaš1 		аш
aš
1st plural занамон
zanamon 		занонамон
zanonamon1 		амон
amon
2nd plural занатон
zanaton 		занонатон
zanonaton1 		атон
aton
3rd plural занашон
zanašon 		занонашон
zanonašon1 		ашон
ašon
definite
object 		1st singular занамро
zanamro 		занонамро
zanonamro1 		амро
amro
2nd singular занатро
zanatro 		занонатро
zanonatro1 		атро
atro
3rd singular занашро
zanašro 		занонашро
zanonašro1 		ашро
ašro
1st plural занамонро
zanamonro 		занонамонро
zanonamonro1 		амонро
amonro
2nd plural занатонро
zanatonro 		занонатонро
zanonatonro1 		атонро
atonro
3rd plural занашонро
zanašonro 		занонашонро
zanonašonro1 		ашонро
ašonro
1The plural form in -ҳо (-ho) (занҳо (zanho)), is also acceptable.

See also

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