زان

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See also: ژان and ران

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ز ن ي (z n y)
5 terms

Derived from the active participle of زَنَى (zanā, to commit adultery).

Noun

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زَانٍ (zāninm (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 quotation)
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  • Portuguese: zoina

Etymology 2

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Root
ز ي ن (z y n)
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Verb

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زَانَ (zāna) I (non-past يَزِينُ (yazīnu), verbal noun زَيْن (zayn))

  1. to adorn
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Etymology 3

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From Persian زان (zân).

Noun

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زَان (zānm

  1. beech (Fagus gen. et spp.)
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References
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  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 605
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 577
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 516

Central Kurdish

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Northern Kurdish zan

زان (zan) (present stem زێ- (zê-))

  1. (intransitive) to give birth

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Kashmiri

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From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna).

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زان (zānf (Devanagari ज़ान)

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

Persian

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Etymology

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

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Readings
Classical reading? zān
Dari reading? zān
Iranian reading? zân
Tajik reading? zon

Noun

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زان (zân)

  1. beech