"ዘመን" meaning in Amharic

See ዘመን in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ). Etymology templates: {{bor+|am|arc|𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀}} Borrowed from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 (zmnʾ) Head templates: {{head|am|noun|||||||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|f4tr=|f5tr=|f6tr=|f7tr=|f8tr=|g=?|head=|sort=|tr=zämän|tr2=}} ዘመን • (zämän) ?, {{am-noun|tr=zämän}} ዘመን • (zämän) ? Forms: zämän [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ዘመን [indefinite, masculine], ዘመኑ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], ዘመኑን [definite, direct-object, masculine], ዘመንን [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ዘመኔ [first-person, singular], ዘመናችን [first-person, plural], - [first-person, formal], ዘመንህ [masculine, second-person, singular], ዘመናችሁ [masculine, plural, second-person], ዘመንዎ [formal, masculine, second-person], ዘመንሽ [feminine, second-person, singular], ዘመናችሁ [feminine, plural, second-person], ዘመንዎ [feminine, formal, second-person], ዘመኑ [masculine, singular, third-person], ዘመናቸው [formal, masculine, third-person], ዘመናቸው [masculine, plural, third-person], ዘመኗ [feminine, singular, third-person], ዘመናቸው [feminine, formal, third-person], ዘመናቸው [feminine, plural, third-person], ዘበን [alternative]
  1. time, period
    Sense id: en-ዘመን-am-noun-P94s24os Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 71 29
  2. era
    Sense id: en-ዘመን-am-noun-SeqrfnXZ Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Amharic terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with redundant transliterations: 22 78

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ዘመን meaning in Amharic (4.0kB)

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