زمانہ

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See also: زمانه

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷém-e-ti
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰámati
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *-aHnas
    Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH
    Old Persian *jamānā
    Persian زمان
    Proto-Iranian *-a-
    Proto-Iranian *-kah
    Proto-Iranian *-akah
    Persian ـه
    Classical Persian زَمَانَه (zamāna)bor.
    Urdu زَمانَہ (zamāna)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian زَمَانَه (zamāna). Equivalent to زَمان (zamān) +‎ ـہ (-h). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi زمانہ (zmanh).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.mɑː.nɑ(ː)/
    • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
    • Hyphenation: زَ‧ما‧نہ

    Noun

    زَمانَہ • (zamāna) m (Hindi spelling ज़माना)

    1. era, age (ie. period in time)
      Synonyms: دَور (daur), عَرْصَہ ('arsa), زَماں (zamā̃)
    2. world
      Synonyms: عالَم ('ālam), دُنِیا (duniyā)
    3. reign (of an empire etc.)
      Synonyms: حُکُومَت (hukūmat), راج (rāj)
    4. (grammar) tense

    Declension

        Declension of زمانہ
    singular plural
    direct زَمانَہ (zamānah) زَمانے (zamāne)
    oblique زَمانے (zamāne) زَمانوں (zamānõ)
    vocative زَمانے (zamāne) زَمانو (zamāno)

    References

    1. ^ “زمانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    More information
    • “زمانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زمانہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “زمانه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “زمانه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
    • John Shakespear (1834) “زمانه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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