# \*zaman-: 'time'

> Proto-Semitic *zaman-, 'time': reflexes in 13 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [Z](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/z/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*zaman- |
| Meaning | 'time' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 878 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | zamān-, zaman- (Lane 1253) (zmn a,8,11 'be ill with a chronic disease') | Lane 1253 |  |
| Mehri | zemōn, zubōn |  |  |
| Tigre | zäbän |  |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | zaman, zban |  |  |
| Geez | zaman |  |  |
| Gurage | zämän |  |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | zǝman |  |  |
| Hebrew | zǝmān |  |  |
| Amharic | zämän |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | zabnā (Payne Smith 109) | Payne Smith 109 |  |
| Tigrinya | zämän |  |  |
| Harari | zämān \[LHar 166\] | LHar 166 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | zäbän (LGz. 639) | LGz. 639 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Soqotri zem, zman; zɛm 'time, season' (SLOnline 7239), from Arabic zaman-, zamān- 'time'.

## Linked from

- [Z](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/z/index.md>)

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