𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from a late pronunciation of Old Persian *jamānā (“time”), much closer to Middle Persian 𐭥𐭣𐭭𐭠 (ODNA /⁠zamān⁠/), 𐭦𐭬𐭠𐭭𐭩(ẕmʾn' /⁠zamān⁠/), 𐭦𐭬𐭭𐭩 (zmn' /⁠zamān⁠/), 𐫉𐫖𐫀𐫗 (zmʾn/⁠zamān⁠/), reconstructible for Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH.

Noun

𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 • (zmnʾ) m (absolute state 𐡆𐡌𐡍 (zmn), also 𐡆𐡌𐡀𐡍 (zmʾn)) (Imperial Aramaic)

1. time

Descendants

• Biblical Aramaic: זְמַן (zəman)
• Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡦𐡡𐡭 (zbn)
• Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: זמן (zmn, “set time”), emphatic זמנה, זימנה (zimnā), and זבן (zbn, “a counted occurrence”), absolute plural זבנין and זיבנין (zibīn)
• Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܙܒܢ (zbn)
• Classical Syriac: ܙܰܒܢܳܐ (zaḇnā); ܙܡܢܐ (zmnʾ) (rarely, in incantation bowls)
• Classical Mandaic: ࡆࡀࡌࡀࡍ (zaman), ࡆࡁࡀࡍ (zban)
• Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢉𐢓𐢔, 𐢉𐢃𐢔
• Jewish Literary Aramaic: זִימְנָא (zimnā), זִמְנָא (zimnā), זְמַן (zəman, construct)
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: זִימְנָא (zimnā), זִמְנָא (zimnā), זְמַן (zəman, construct); זבן (zbn) (rarely, in magic bowls)
• → Arabic: زَمَان (zamān), زَمَن (zaman)
• → Ethiopian Semitic:
  • North Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ዘመን (zämän)
    • Tigre: ዘበን (zäbän)
    • Tigrinya: ዘመን (zämän), ዘበን (zäbän) (sporadic sound change)
    • → Cushitic:
      • → Afar: daban
      • → Blin: daban, demaan
  • South Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: ዘመን (zämän), ዘበን (zäbän) (sporadic sound change)
    • Argobba: ዘበን (zäbän)
    • Gurage: ዘመን (zämän)
    • Harari: ዘማን (zäman)
• → Hebrew: זְמָן (zəmān), זְמַן (zəman)
• → Modern South Arabian:
  • Mehri: zemōn, zubōn
  • Soqotri: zɛm, zəmán