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زَمان
time /zaˈmaːn/
nounB2#3368 most common
Also: era, age, a long while
Example sentences
في قَديمِ الزَّمانِ كانَ هُناكَ مَلِكٌ.
Once upon a time, there was a king.
لَمْ أَرَكَ مِن زَمانٍ!
I haven't seen you in ages!
تَتَغَيَّرُ الأَشْياءُ كَثيرًا مَعَ مُرورِ الزَّمانِ.
Things change a lot as time passes.
يَقولونَ إِنَّ الزَّمانَ كَفيلٌ بِحَلِّ كَثيرٍ مِنَ المَشاكِلِ.
They say that time can solve many problems.
عاشَ الفَيْلَسوفُ يَتَأَمَّلُ في طَبيعَةِ الزَّمانِ وَالمَكانِ.
The philosopher spent his life reflecting on the nature of time and space.
يَتَساءَلُ الفيزيائيّونَ عَمّا إِذا كانَ الزَّمانُ بُعْدًا رابِعًا مُنفَصِلًا عَنِ المَكانِ أَمْ مُتَشابِكًا مَعَهُ تَمامًا.
Physicists wonder whether time is a fourth dimension separate from space or entirely intertwined with it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زَمانٌ | أَزْمانٌ |
| Genitive | زَمانٍ | أَزْمانٍ |
| Accusative | زَمانًا | أَزْمانًا |
| Vocative | يا زَمانُ | يا أَزْمانُ |
Word family
زَمَنtime, era (near-synonym of zamān)
أَزْمِنَةtimes, seasons; grammatical tenses
زَمَنِيّtemporal, chronologicalتَزامُنsynchronization, simultaneity
Etymology
Zamān comes from the Semitic root z-m-n, which carries the sense of a stretch or period of time. The word is cast in the fa'āl pattern, a common shape for nouns naming spans of time or condition. It has no link to the Indo-European word for time; the resemblance in sound to English words is coincidental.
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