زمانہ

See also: زمانه

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷém-e-ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰámati

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-aHnas

Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH

Old Persian *jamānā

Persian زمان

Proto-Iranian *-a-

Proto-Iranian *-kah

Proto-Iranian *-akah

Persian ـه

Classical Persian زَمَانَه (zamāna)bor.

Urdu زَمانَہ (zamāna)

Borrowed from Classical Persian زَمَانَه (zamāna). Equivalent to زَمان (zamān) +‎ ـہ (-h). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi زمانہ (zmanh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.mɑː.nɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: زَ‧ما‧نہ

Noun

زَمانَہ • (zamāna) m (Hindi spelling ज़माना)

1. era, age (ie. period in time)

   Synonyms: دَور (daur), عَرْصَہ ('arsa), زَماں (zamā̃)

2. world

   Synonyms: عالَم ('ālam), دُنِیا (duniyā)

3. reign (of an empire etc.)

   Synonyms: حُکُومَت (hukūmat), راج (rāj)

4. (grammar) tense

Declension

Declension of زمانہ
	singular	plural
direct	زَمانہ (zamānah)	زَمانے (zamāne)
oblique	زَمانے (zamāne)	زَمانوں (zamānõ)
vocative	زَمانے (zamāne)	زَمانو (zamāno)

Further reading

More information

• “زمانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زمانہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “زمانه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “زمانه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “زمانه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC