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ዘመን

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Amharic

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Alternative forms

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  • ዘበን (zäbän)sporadic sound change

Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ዘመን (zämän?

  1. time, period
  2. era

Declension

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Definiteness forms of ዘመን
masculine
indefinite ዘመን (zämän)
definite subject ዘመኑ (zämänu)
definite object ዘመኑን (zämänun)
general object ዘመንን (zämänən)
Possessive forms of ዘመን (zämän)
singular plural formal
first person ዘመኔ (zämäne) ዘመናችን (zämänaččən)
second person m ዘመንህ (zämänəh) ዘመናችሁ (zämänaččəhu) ዘመንዎ (zämänwo)
f ዘመንሽ (zämänəš)
third person m ዘመኑ (zämänu) ዘመናቸው (zämänaččäw)
f ዘመኗ (zämänʷa)

Ge'ez

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ).

Noun

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ዘመን (zämänm (plural አዝማን (ʾäzman), rarer ዘመናት (zämänat))

  1. time
  2. age (of a person)
  3. age, era, period, century
  4. time of the year
  5. season
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References

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Tigrinya

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Alternative forms

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  • ዘበን (zäbän)sporadic sound change

Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ).

Noun

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ዘመን (zämän)

  1. age, epoch
  2. century