জমানা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• জামানা (jamana)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمانه (zamāna), which is from Middle Persian [script needed] (ẕmʾnk' /⁠zamānag⁠/), from [script needed] (ẕmʾn /⁠zamān⁠/), from Old Persian *jamānā, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH (“time, hour”, literally “that which arrives”). Cognate with Hindustani زمانہ / ज़माना (zamānā), Gujarati જમાનો (jamāno), Punjabi ਜ਼ਮਾਨਾ (zamānā), Marathi जमाना (jamānā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔmana/, [ˈd͡ʒɔmanaˑ], /zɔmana/, [ˈzɔmanaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑɔmana/, [ˈdʑɔmanaˑ], /zɔmana/, [ˈzɔmanaˑ]

Noun

জমানা • (jomana)

1. age, epoch, era, time; generation

   এ জমানার মানুষ একই সাথে উন্নত ও ভ্রষ্ট হচ্ছে।

   e jomanar manuś ekoi śathe unnot ō bhrośṭo hocche.

   In this era, humanity is becoming more advanced and corrupted simultaneously.

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “জমানা, জামানা” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “জমানা, জামানা” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh