# ܙܢܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Old Persian 𐏀𐎴 (zana-); Compare Parthian [Manichaean needed] (zng /⁠zanag⁠/) and Hebrew זַן (zan).

#### Alternative forms

* ܐܸܙܢܵܐ (iznā)

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [zənɑː]

#### Noun

ܙܢܵܐ • (znā) m sg (plural ܙ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ (znayyā))
* type, kind, sort, form, species
    Synonyms: ܐܵܕ݂ܫܵܐ (āḏšā), ܦܸܨܠܵܐ (piṣlā)
* method, manner, way, style
    Synonyms: ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (urḥā), ܫܒ݂ܝܼܠܵܐ (šḇīlā), ܡܸܨܥܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (miṣˁāyūṯā)
* (rhetoric) idiom, expression, figure of speech
    Synonym: ܦܸܬ݂ܓ݂ܵܡܵܐ (piṯḡāmā)
* (grammar) mood, case
    ܙܢܵܐ ܦܘܼܫܵܟ݂ܵܝܵܐ ― znā pūšāḵāyā ― conditional mood
    ܙܢܵܐ ܦܵܩܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ ― znā pāqōḏā ― imperative mood
    ܙܢܵܐ ܣܵܝܘܿܡܵܐ ― znā sāyōmā ― indicative mood
    ܙܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܡܬܘܼܚܡܵܐ ― znā lā mtuḥmā ― infinitive mood
    ܙܢܵܐ ܬܸܢܘܵܝܵܐ ― znā tinwāyā ― subjunctive mood

##### Derived terms

* ܒܙܢܵܐ ܕ- (bznā d-)
* ܙܢܵܐ ܥܝܵܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (znā ˁyāḏāyā, “routine, customs, habits”)
* ܙܢܵܢܵܝܵܐ (znānāyā, “diverse, special”)

### Etymology 2

From Aramaic זְנָא (zənā); related to Arabic زَنَى (zanā) and Hebrew זָנָה (zaná).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [zaːneː]

#### Verb

ܙܵܢܹܐ • (zānē)
* to fornicate, commit adultery
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Exodus 20:13-16:ܠܵܐ ܩܵܛܠܹܬ. ܠܵܐ ܙܵܢܹܝܬ. ܠܵܐ ܓܵܢܒ݂ܹܬ. ܠܵܐ ܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܬ ܣܵܗܕܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܲܓܵܠܬܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܫܒܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂.lā qāṭlēt. lā zānēt. lā gānḇēt. lā yāḇēt sāhdūṯā daggāltā ˁal šbāḇūḵ.You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
** c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Revelation 17:2:ܗ̇ܝ ܕܥܲܡܵܗ̇ ܙܢܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܡܲܠܟܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ. ܘܪܘܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܡܪܵܐ ܕܙܵܢܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇.aya d-ˁammāh znē lhōn malkē d-arˁā. w-rwē lhōn ˁāmōrē d-arˁā min ḥamrā d-zānyūṯāh.with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

##### Conjugation

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## Classical Syriac
### Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏀𐎴 (zana-). Compare Parthian [Manichaean needed] (zng /⁠zanag⁠/) and Hebrew זַן (zan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [z(ə)nɑ]

### Noun

ܙܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܢܝܐ)
* type, kind, sort, form
* species
* method, manner, way, style
* (in the plural) customs, habits
* reason
* state, condition
* quality, qualificative
* idiom, expression, figure of speech
* (grammar) mood

#### Inflection
### References

* “zn”, 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 90a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
* 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, page 387b