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زمان

زمان

See also: رمان

Malay

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Noun

زمان (Rumi spelling zaman, plural زمان٢)

  1. age (particular period of time in history)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ODNA / ẕmʾn' (zamān) (Manichaean Middle Persian zmʾn (zamān)). Compare Avestan [script needed] (zrvan, zrvāna, time), Parthian jmʾn (žamān), and Old Armenian borrowings ժաման (žaman), ժամանակ (žamanak).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari زمان
Iranian Persian زمان
Tajik замон (zamon)

زمان (zamân)

  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. (physics) time
  3. season
  4. epoch
  5. (grammar) tense
  6. death

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