زن

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See also: ژن and رن

Arabic

Verb

زن (form I)

  1. زِنْ (zin) /zin/: second-person masculine singular imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)
  2. زِنَّ (zinna) /zin.na/: second-person feminine plural imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (zan), from Proto-Iranian *ǰánHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Cognates include English queen, Northern Kurdish jin, Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka), Russian жена (žena), etc.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zan
Dari reading? zan
Iranian reading? zan
Tajik reading? zan
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari زن
Iranian Persian
Tajik зан

زن • (zan) (plural زنان or زن‌ها)

  1. woman
    Antonym: مرد (mard)
    زن، زندگی، آزادی ― zan, zendegi, âzâdi ― Woman, Life, Freedom
  2. wife
    برادر زنم یک هفته با ما می‌مونه.
    barâdar-e zanam yek hafte bâ mâ mi-mune.
    My wife's brother is staying with us for a week.
  3. female

Inflection

    Basic forms of زن (zan)
singular plural
bare زن
(zan) 		زنان
(zanấn)
زنا △
(zanấ)
definitive direct object زن را
(zan râ)
زن رو △
(zano) 		زنان را
(zanấn râ)
زنا رو △
(zanấ ro)
ezâfe زن
(zan-e) 		زنان
(zanấn-e)
زنای △
(zanấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite 		زنی
(zan-i) 		زنانی
(zanấn-i)
زنایی △
(zanấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of زن (zan)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”) 		زنم
(zánam) 		زن‌هایم
(zan-hấyam)
زن‌هام، زنام △
(zanấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”) 		زنت
(zánat)
△
(zánet) 		زن‌هایت
(zan-hấyat)
زن‌هات، زنات △
(zanất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”) 		زنش
(zánaš)
△
(záneš) 		زن‌هایش
(zan-hấyaš)
زن‌هاش، زناش △
(zanấš)
1st plural
(“our”) 		زنمان
(zánemân)
زنمون △
(zánemun) 		زن‌هایمان
(zan-hấyemân)
زن‌هامون، زنامون △
(zanấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”) 		زنتان
(zánetân)
زنتون △
(zánetun) 		زن‌هایتان
(zan-hấyetân)
زن‌هاتون، زناتون △
(zanấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”) 		زنشان
(zánešân)
زنشون △
(zánešun) 		زن‌هایشان
(zan-hấyešân)
زن‌هاشون، زناشون △
(zanấšun)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of زن (zan)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”) 		زنم
(zanam) 		زنیم
(zanim)
2nd person
(“you are”) 		زنی
(zani) 		زنید
(zanid)
زنین △
(zanin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”) 		زن است
(zan ast)
زنه △
(zane) 		زنند
(zanand)
زنن △
(zanan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: zən
  • → Urdu: زن

Urdu

Etymology 1

PIE word
*gʷḗn

Borrowed from Classical Persian زن (zan, “woman; wife”). Cognate with English queen.

Pronunciation

Noun

زَن • (zan) f (Hindi spelling ज़न)

  1. woman, adult female
  2. wife; bride

Etymology 2

PIE word
*gʷʰen-

From Classical Persian زَن (zan, “strike; slay; beat”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

زَن • (zan) (Hindi spelling ज़न)

  1. (suffix) beating, striking, smiting
  2. beater, striker; slayer
  3. doer

References

  • “زن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “زن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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