زان

See also: ژان‎ and ران‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of زَنَى‎ (zanā, “to commit adultery”), from the root ز ن ي‎ (z-n-y).

Noun

زَانٍ • (zānin) m (construct state زَانِي‎ (zānī), plural زَانُون‎ (zānūn) or زُنَاة‎ (zunāh), feminine زَانِيَة‎ (zāniya))

  1. fornicator, adulterer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:2:
      ‏ٱَلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ‎
      az-zāniyatu waz-zānī fajlidū kulla wāḥidin minhumā miʔata jaldatin
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ز ي ن‎ (z-y-n).

Verb

زَانَ • (zāna) I, non-past يَزِينُ‎‎ (yazīnu)

  1. to adorn
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From Persian زان‎ (zân).

Noun

زَان • (zān) m

  1. beech (Fagus gen. et spp.)
Declension
References
  • Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 605
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “زان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 577
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 516

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɑːn/

Noun

زان • (zān) f (Devanagari ज़ान)

  1. knowledge
    Synonyms: گیٛان‎, پَے‎ (paē), عٔلِم‎ (ʿạlim), پَتاہ‎
  2. acquaintance, familiarity
  3. discovery, ascertaining

Persian

Etymology

Variant of زبان‎ (zabân), also زوان‎ (zavân), as in زبان گنجشک‎ (zabân-gonješk, “ash”), which is a tree with very similar leaves.

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /zɒːn/

    Noun

    زان • (zân)

    1. beech
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