الزمن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of time, its duration, and the passage of ages. It also extends to meanings related to affliction, illness, and a specific type of duration or period.

Derived headwords

الزَّمَنُnoun

1.
Timeboth
The general concept of time, encompassing both short and long durations.
2.
Age, Eraboth
A specific period or epoch in history.

أَزْمَانٌ وَأَزْمِنَةٌ وَأَزْمُنٌnoun

1.
Times, Agesboth
Plural forms of 'zaman', referring to multiple periods or eras.

الزَّمِينُnoun

1.
A long timeclassical
Used in the phrase 'dhat al-zamin' to indicate a considerable duration of time.

مُزَامَنَةٌnoun

1.
Synchronization, Contemporaneitymodern
The state of happening at the same time, similar to monthly (mushahara).

الزَّمَانَةُnoun

1.
Affliction, Calamityboth
A misfortune, hardship, or a chronic illness.
2.
Love, Affectionclassical
A strong liking or affection for something or someone.

زَمِنَverb

1.
To be afflictedboth
To suffer from an illness or affliction.

زَمَنًا وَزَمَنَةًnoun

1.
Illness, Sicknessboth
A state of being unwell or diseased.

زَمِنٌ وَزَمِينٌadjective

1.
Afflicted, Sicklyboth
Describing someone who is suffering from an illness or chronic condition.

زَمَنُونَ وَزَمْنَىnoun

1.
The sick, The afflictedboth
Plural form referring to people suffering from illness or affliction.

مُزْمِنَةٌadjective

1.
Chronicmodern
Describing a condition that is persistent or long-lasting.

أَزْمَنَverb

1.
To pass timeclassical
For time to elapse or pass over someone or something.

زَمَانٌname

1.
Zamanclassical
A proper name, specifically mentioned as an ancestor of Fand al-Zamani.

الزَّمَانِيُّونَadjective

1.
Zamaniclassical
An adjective referring to someone from the lineage of Zaman, often used as a nisba for scholars and hadith narrators.

زَمَانَةُname

1.
Zamanahclassical
A proper name, mentioned as an ancestor of Wathir bin al-Mundhir and Ahmad bin Ibrahim.

Parallel reading

الزَّمَنُ، محركة وكسحاب: العصر، واسمان لقليل الوقت وكثيره ج: أزمان وأزمنة وأزمن.

Al-zaman, with harakah and like sahaba: the age, and it is a name for a little time and a lot of it, plural: azman, azminah, and azmun.

ولقيته ذات الزمين، كزبير: تريد بذلك تراخي الوقت.

And I met him after a long time (dhat al-zamin), like zubayr: meaning by that the delay of time.

وعامله مزامنة: كمشاهرة.

And his dealing with him was synchronization (muzamanah): like monthly (mushahara).

والزمانة: الحب، والعاهة،

And al-zamanah: love, and affliction,

زمن، كفرح، زمنا وزمنة، بالضم، وزمانة، فهو زمن وزمين ج: زمنون وزمنى.

He became sick (zamina), like faraha, for a duration (zamanan) and sickness (zamanatan), with dammah, and affliction (zamanatan), so he is sick (zaman) and sickly (zamin), plural: zamana and zumna.

ومذ زمنة، محركة، أي: زمان.

And since a while ago (mundhu zamanatin), with harakah, meaning: a time.

وأزمن: أتى عليه الزمان.

And azmana: time passed over him.

وزمان، بالكسر والشد: جد لفند الزماني، واسم الفند شهل بن شيبان بن ربيعة بن زمان بن مالك بن صعب بن علي بن بكر بن وائل.

And Zaman, with kasr and shadd: grandfather of Fand al-Zamani, and the name of Fand is Shahl bin Shayban bin Rabi'ah bin Zaman bin Malik bin Sa'b bin Ali bin Bakr bin Wa'il.

ومنهم: عبد الله بن معبد التابعي، وإسماعيل بن عباد، ومحمد بن يحيى بن فياض المحدثان الزمانيون.

And among them: Abdullah bin Ma'bad al-Tabi'i, and Isma'il bin 'Abbad, and Muhammad bin Yahya bin Fayyad, the two hadith scholars al-Zamaniyyun.

وكسحابة: وثير بن المنذر بن حيك بن زمانة، وأحمد بن إبراهيم بن زمانة: محدثان.

And like sahaba: Wathir bin al-Mundhir bin Hayk bin Zamanah, and Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Zamanah: two hadith scholars.