# زبون
## Arabic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic זָבוֹנָא / ܙܳܒܘܿܢܳܐ (zāḇōnā, “buyer”). Its root is cognate to Arabic ز م ل (z-m-l), و ز ن (w-z-n).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /za.buːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

زَبُون • (zabūn) m (plural زَبَائِن (zabāʔin) or زُبَنَاء (zubanāʔ))
* customer, client

#### Related terms

* زِبَانَة (zibāna, “customer base”)
* زَبَنَ (zabana)
* زَبَّنَ (zabbana, “to give customers to”)
* زَابَنَ (zābana)

### References

* “zbwn$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زبون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 580
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 189
* Freytag, Georg (1833) “زبون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 224
* Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 93
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زبون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 317

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic زَبُون (zabūn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /za.buːn/

### Noun

زبون • (zabūn) m (plural زباين (zabāyin), feminine زبونة (zabūna))
* customer, client

## Persian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [za.ˈβuːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zä.búːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zä.búːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zä.búːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zä.bún]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zæ.búːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zä.bún]

#### Adjective

زبون • (zabun)
* humbled, vanquished, helpless, abject
** c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]‎:زنان گفتار مردان راست دارند به گفت خوش تن ایشان را سپارند زن ارچه زیرک و هشیار باشد زبون مرد خوش گفتار باشدzanān guftār-i mardān rāst dārand ba guft-i xwaš tan-i ēšān rā sipārand zan arči zīrak u hušyār bāšad zabūn-i mard-i xwaš guftār bāšadWomen trust in the things that men say, They give up their bodies for a sweet word. Even if a woman is smart and astute, She is helpless before a man who speaks well.(Classical Persian transliteration)
* lowly, insignificant
* despicable, vile

##### Derived terms

* زبونی (zabuni)

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: زبون (zebun)
** Turkish: zebun, zabun, zabın (dialectal)
* → Middle Armenian: զապուն (zapun)
** Armenian: զաբուն (zabun), զապուն (zapun)
* → Laz: ზაბუნი (zabuni), ძაბუნი (żabuni) — Khopa–Batumi

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zæ.búːn]

#### Noun

زبون • (zabun)
* Colloquial-un form of زبان (zabân).

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ز ب ن
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic زَبُون (zabūn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zbuːn/, [zbuːn]
* Audio (Amman):(file)

### Noun

زبون • (zbūn) m (plural زباين (zabāyen), feminine زبونة (zbūne))
* customer, client

#### See also

* بيّاع (bayyāʕ, “salesman, seller”)