زان

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See also: ژان, and ران

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ز ن ي (z n y)
5 terms

Derived from the active participle of زَنَى (zanā, to commit adultery).

Noun

زَانٍ (zāninm (construct state زَانِي (zānī), plural زَانُون (zānūn) or زُنَاة (zunāh), feminine زَانِيَة (zāniya))

  1. fornicator, adulterer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:2:
      ٱَلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ
      az-zāniyatu waz-zānī fajlidū kulla wāḥidin minhumā miʔata jaldatin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants
  • Portuguese: zoina

Etymology 2

Root
ز ي ن (z y n)
7 terms

Verb

زَانَ (zāna) I (non-past يَزِينُ (yazīnu), verbal noun زَيْن (zayn))

  1. to adorn
Conjugation

Etymology 3

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From Persian زان (zân).

Noun

زَان (zānm

  1. beech (Fagus gen. et spp.)
Declension
References
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 605
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 577
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 516

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

Northern Kurdish zan

زان (zan) (present stem زێ- (zê-))

  1. (intransitive) to give birth

Conjugation

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna).

Pronunciation

Noun

زان (zānf (Devanagari ज़ान)

  1. knowledge
    Synonyms: گیٛان, پَے (paē), عٔلِم (ʿạlim), پَتاہ
  2. acquaintance, familiarity
  3. discovery, ascertaining

Persian

Etymology

Variant of زبان (zabân), also زوان (zavân), as in زبان گنجشک (zabân-gonješk, ash), which is a tree with very similar leaves.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zān
Dari reading? zān
Iranian reading? zân
Tajik reading? zon

Noun

زان (zân)

  1. beech