zaman

English

Etymology

From Cariban.

Noun

zaman

1. Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
   • 1995, Madison Smartt Bell, All souls' rising‎, page 327:

     On shore, the mule's pinkish ears revolved lazily in the shade of the zaman tree.

Synonyms

• (Albizia saman): monkey pod, rain tree, saman, zamang

See also

• Albizia saman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• namaz

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: za‧man

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

zaman (definite accusative zamanı, plural zamanlar)

1. time

   Synonym: vaxt

   Zaman puldur. ― Time is money.

2. (grammar) tense

   keçmiş zaman ― past tense

   indiki zaman ― present tense

   gələcək zaman ― future tense

Declension

See also

• zaman-zaman (“from time to time”)
• zəmanə (“times, period, era”)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• jaman (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Malay zaman, from Classical Malay zaman. Ultimately from Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: za‧man

Noun

zaman (plural zaman-zaman, first-person possessive zamanku, second-person possessive zamanmu, third-person possessive zamannya)

1. age (particular period of time in history)
2. era

   Synonym: masa

3. time

   Synonyms: kala, waktu

4. (geology) period

Derived terms

Further reading

• “zaman” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaman/
• Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an

Noun

zaman (Jawi spelling زمان, plural zaman-zaman, informal 1st possessive zamanku, 2nd possessive zamanmu, 3rd possessive zamannya)

1. age (particular period of time in history)

Descendants

• Indonesian: zaman

Further reading

• “zaman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زمان (zamân), from Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎmaːn/
• Hyphenation: za‧man

Noun

zàmān m (Cyrillic spelling за̀ма̄н)

1. (regional, Bosnia) time
2. (regional, Bosnia) epoch, era

Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ; compare za, u, mána.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâmaːn/
• Hyphenation: za‧man

Adverb

zȁmān (Cyrillic spelling за̏ма̄н)

1. in vain, futile
2. free of charge, gratis

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zamán/

Adverb

zamȁn

1. in vain, without success

   vse je zaman ― it's all in vain

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:zaman.

Further reading

• “zaman”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زمان (zamân), from Old Anatolian Turkish زمان (zamân), from Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• IPA^(key): (when followed by a vowel)

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

zaman (definite accusative zamanı, plural zamanlar)

1. time (referring to a broad time period like epoch, period, season, etc. It is not the type of time that one reads from a watch or a clock)
2. epoch
3. era
4. always
5. (grammar) tense

Declension

Hypernyms

• (time: physics): mekân-zaman

Derived terms

Further reading

• zaman in Reverso (Turkish-English)

Turkmen

Etymology

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: za‧man

Noun

zaman (definite accusative zamany, plural zamanlar)

1. time, age, era
2. time, occasion
3. (grammar) tense

Declension

Further reading

• “zaman” in Enedilim.com
• “zaman” in Webonary.org