Turkish

Proper noun

Zaman

1. A male given name, meaning "time".

English

A zaman tree

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay zaman, from Persian زمان ‎(zamân), from Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(zamān).

Noun

zaman

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

Malay

Etymology

From Persian زمان ‎(zamân), from Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(zamān).

Alternative forms

• زمان

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zaman ‎(Jawi spelling زمان, plural zaman-zaman)

1. age (particular period of time in history)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish زمان ‎(zaman), from Persian زمان ‎(zamân).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zàmān m ‎(Cyrillic spelling за̀ма̄н)

1. time
2. epoch
3. era

Declension

Etymology 2

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
2. freely, gratis, for nothing

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *za vъ manъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈmán/
• Tonal orthography: zamȁn

Adverb

zamàn

1. in vain, without success

   vse je zaman‎

   it's all in vain

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:zaman.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زمان ‎(zaman), from Persian زمان ‎(zamân), from Arabic زَمَان ‎(zamān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɑˈmɑn]

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. (grammar) tense

Declension

See also

• zaman zaman