ज़माना zamānā

ज़माना zamānā [P. zamāna], m. 1. time, period; the times; an age. 2. the world. — ~ देखे होना, to have seen, or to know, the world. ~ पलटना, or बदलना, times to change, a situation to change. ज़माने भर का, adj. the whole world's: an inordinate amount of. उस ज़माने में, adv. during that period, or era. – ज़मानासाज़ [P. -sāz], m. an opportunist; a turncoat. ˚ई, f.

P زمانه zamāna (for A. زمانة, from zamān) = A زمان zamān, vulg. zamāṅ (v.n.fr. iv of زمن) s.m. Time, period, duration; season; a long time; an age; (in Gram.) tense; — the world; the heavens; fortune, destiny: — zamāna dekhnā, To see the world, to gain experience: — zamāna-sāz, s.m. A time-server, temporizer, turn-coat, sycophant: — zamāna-sāzī, s.f. Time-serving, turning with the tide, yielding to fortune; sycophancy; hypocrisy; necessity; — zamāna-sāzī karnā, To turn with the tide, to temporize, &c.: — zamāne-ke muwāfiq, According to the times, according to the fashion of the day: — zamāna-muwāfiq, adj. Well-timed; favoured by the times or by fortune, fortunate.