زن

See also: ژن and رن

Arabic

Verb

زِنْ • (zin) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)

Verb

زِنَّ • (zinna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَزَنَ (wazana)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zan), from Proto-Iranian *ǰánHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Cognates include English queen, Northern Kurdish jin, Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka), Russian жена (žena), etc..

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? zan
Dari reading? zan
Iranian reading? zan
Tajik reading? zan
  • Audio (Iran)(file)

Noun
Dari زن
Iranian Persian
Tajik зан

زَن • (zan) (plural زنان (zanân) or زن‌ها (zan-hâ))

  1. woman
    زن، زندگی، آزادی ― zan, zendegi, âzâdi ― Woman, Life, Freedom
  2. wife
    برادر زنم یک هفته با ما می‌مونه.
    barâdar-e zanam yek hafte bâ mâ mi-mune.
    My wife's brother is staying with us for a week.
  3. female

Inflection
    Basic forms of زن (zan)
singular plural
bare زن
(zan)		 زنان
(zanấn)
زنا △
(zanấ)
definitive direct object زن را
(zan râ)
زن رو △
(zano)		 زنان را
(zanấn râ)
زنا رو △
(zanấ ro)
ezâfe زن
(zan-e)		 زنان
(zanấn-e)
زنای △
(zanấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 زنی
(zan-i)		 زنانی
(zanấn-i)
زنایی △
(zanấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of زن (zan)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)		 زنم
(zánam)		 زن‌هایم
(zan-hấyam)
زن‌هام، زنام △
(zanấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)		 زنت
(zánat)
[Term?] △
(zánet)		 زن‌هایت
(zan-hấyat)
زن‌هات، زنات △
(zanất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)		 زنش
(zánaš)
[Term?] △
(záneš)		 زن‌هایش
(zan-hấyaš)
زن‌هاش، زناش △
(zanấš)
1st plural
(“our”)		 زنمان
(zánemân)
زنمون △
(zánemun)		 زن‌هایمان
(zan-hấyemân)
زن‌هامون، زنامون △
(zanấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)		 زنتان
(zánetân)
زنتون △
(zánetun)		 زن‌هایتان
(zan-hấyetân)
زن‌هاتون، زناتون △
(zanấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)		 زنشان
(zánešân)
زنشون △
(zánešun)		 زن‌هایشان
(zan-hấyešân)
زن‌هاشون، زناشون △
(zanấšun)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of زن (zan)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)		 زنم
(zanam)		 زنیم
(zanim)
2nd person
(“you are”)		 زنی
(zani)		 زنید
(zanid)
زنین △
(zanin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)		 زن است
(zan ast)
زنه △
(zane)		 زنند
(zanand)
زنن △
(zanan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms
  • زنی (zani)
  • زنانه (zanâne)
  • زنانگی (zanânegi)
  • پیرزن (pir-zan)
  • زناشویی (zanâšuyi)
  • مادرزن (mâdar-zan)
  • پدرزن (pedar-zan)
  • برادرزن (barâdar-zan)
  • خواهرزن (xâhar-zan)
  • زن‌داداش (zan-dâdâš)
  • زن‌برادر (zan-barâdar)
  • زن‌بابا (zan-bâbâ)
  • زن‌باز (zan-bâz)
  • زن‌باره (zan-bâre)
  • شیرزن (šir-zan)
  • زن‌صفت (zan-sefat)
  • زن‌نما (zan-namâ)
  • بیوه‌زن (bive-zan)
  • زن‌سالار (zan-sâlâr)
  • زن‌ذلیل (zan-zalil)
  • زن‌دار (zan-dâr)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: zən
  • → Urdu: زن

See also

Urdu

Etymology 1
PIE word
*gʷḗn

Borrowed from Classical Persian زن (zan, “woman; wife”). Cognate with English queen.

Pronunciation

Noun

زَن • (zan) f (Hindi spelling ज़न)

  1. woman, adult female
  2. wife; bride

Etymology 2
PIE word
*gʷʰen-

From Classical Persian زَن (zan, “strike; slay; beat”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

زَن • (zan) (Hindi spelling ज़न)

  1. (suffix) beating, striking, smiting
  2. beater, striker; slayer
  3. doer

References
  • “زن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “زن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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