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zmn noun pl. absolute
zmn, zmnˀ n.m. set time
LJLA rare var. זבן (see s.v. zbn #2)

  1 set time Com, -OA -Syr. --(a) לִזמַן : after the period of time of ... JLAtg. (a.1) לזימנין : subsequently (?) JBA. --(b) מִזמַן לִזמַן : season after season JLAtg. --(c) summons for a set time (?) OfA-Iran.
  2 instance Qum, Gal, PTA, LJLA. --(a) כִזמַן בִזמַן<ִ> ְ ַדּ ְ ַס ֻסַֻל JLAtg.
  3 pl. abs. : sometimes Qum, PTA, JBA, LJLA.
  4 assembly [?? fr. Heb. מועד, better perhaps just "summons"] Qum, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
  5 now (?) Syr.

zbn#2 noun pl. absolute
zbn, zbnˀ (zḇan, zaḇnā) n.m./f. #2time
fem. in CPA; generally masc. in Syriac but feminine in the sense of "instance" with pl. both in -īn and -ān (see s.v. zbnh!

  1 time Palm, Jud, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man. --(a) stretch of time, era Syr. --(b) physical age, aging Syr. (b.1) spec.: time of maturity Syr.
  2 as an abstract concept Syr. --(a) temporality, fragility Syr. (a.1) ܕܙܒܢܐ : temporary (opp. ܕܠܥܠܡ) Syr. 1 temporal Syr. --(b) (gram.) tense Syr.
  3 expressions: Syr. --(a) ܙܒܲܢ : formerly, once upon a time (occsionally perhaps also zbn) Syr. (a.1) for a long time (?) Palm. --(b) ܙܒܲܢ ܙܒܲܢ : often, frequently Syr. --(c) ܒܙܒܢ : see s.v. bzbn adv. Syr. --(d) ܡܢ ܙܒܢܐ : at any previous time Syr.
  4 instance (fem.!) Syr.
  5 fate Syr.