ܙܒܢܐ

From a variant of Aramaic זִמְנָא (zimnā), itself either from Old Persian *jamānā or Akkadian simānu. The meaning of time as an abstract concept is from Persian influence. Compare Hebrew זְמַן (z'mán), Arabic زَمَان (zamān) and Persian زمان (zamân).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [zaw.nɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [zo.nɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [zav.nɑː]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [zaw.nɑː]

ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ • (zaḇnā) m sg (plural ܙܲܒ݂ܢܹ̈ܐ (zaḇnē))

1. (uncountable) time (inevitable passing of events)

   ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ ܩܲܠܘܼܠܵܐ ܟܲܕ݂ ܡܲܒܣܸܡ ܚܲܕ݇. ― zaḇnā kē ˁāḇēr qalūlā kaḏ mabsim ḥa. ― Time passes fast when you have fun.

2. (countable) a time, epoch, era, age, season

   ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܦܩܝܼܥܵܐ ܒܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܕܟܒ݂ܘܼܫܝܵܐ. ― pīš lēh pqīˁā b-zaḇnā dkḇušyā. ― It was bombed during the time of the occupation.

   ܗܵܕ݂ܹܐ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܥܪܵܐ ܠܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܕܐܸܡܦܪܵܛܘܿܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― hāḏē kē dāˁrā l-zaḇnā d-imprāṭōrūṯā ― This dates back to the time of the empire.

3. (grammar) a tense (verb form distinguishing time)

   ’ܟܬ݂ܝܼܒ ܠܝܼ‘ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܕܲܥܒ݂ܲܪ. ― ‘kṯīb lī’ ìlēh milṯā b-zaḇnā daˁḇar. ― ‘ܟܬ݂ܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ (kṯīḇ lī, “I wrote”)’ is a verb in the past tense.

• (time): ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ (ˁiddānā)
• (measurement): ܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ (miṯḥā)

From ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ (zāḇēn, “to buy, purchase”)

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [zɪw.nɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [zɪv.nɑː]

ܙܸܒ݂ܢܵܐ • (ziḇnā) m sg (plural ܙܸܒ݂ܢܹ̈ܐ (ziḇnē))

1. purchase

• ܙܘܼܒܵܢܵܐ (zubbānā, “sale”)

From Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH.

• IPA^(key): [zavnɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [zavne] (in the plural)

ܙܒܢܐ • (zaḇnā) c (plural ܙܒܢܐ (zaḇnē))

1. time
2. temporality, ephemerality
3. caducity, fragility
4. epoch, era, age
5. occasion, moment, instance
6. season
7. (grammar) tense

Usually, the sense of "moment" or "instance" is feminine while all other senses are masculine.

• ܙܒܢܬܐ

From the root ܙ-ܒ-ܢ (z-b-n) related to purchasing.

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)vɑnɑ], [zɛvnɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)vɑne], [zɛvne] (in the plural)

ܙܒܢܐ • (zəḇānā, zeḇnā) m (plural ܙܒܢܐ (zəḇānē, zeḇnē))

1. purchasing, purchase
2. merchandise

• ܙܘܒܢܐ (zubbānā)

• “zbn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “zbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 83b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 109b–110a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 363a–b