ዘመን

ዘመን

Amharic

Alternative forms

• ዘበን (zäbän) – sporadic sound change

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀‎ (zmnʾ).

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän) ?

1. time, period
2. era

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Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀‎ (zmnʾ).

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän) m (plural አዝማን (ʾäzman), rarer ዘመናት (zämänat))

1. time
2. age (of a person)
3. age, era, period, century
4. time of the year
5. season

Related terms

• ዘመናዊ (zämänawi)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ዘመን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1041

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Tigrinya

Alternative forms

• ዘበን (zäbän) – sporadic sound change

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀‎ (zmnʾ).

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän)

1. age, epoch
2. century