ዘመን

Amharic

Alternative forms

ዘበን (zäbän) – sporadic sound change

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀‎ (zmnʾ).

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän) ?

time, period
era

Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀‎ (zmnʾ).

Noun

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

time
age (of a person)
age, era, period, century
time of the year
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

Tigrinya

Alternative forms

ዘበን (zäbän) – sporadic sound change

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀‎ (zmnʾ).

Noun

ዘመን • (zämän)

age, epoch
century

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