زين

See also: رين, زین, رین, and ر ي ن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ز ي ن (z y n)
8 terms

Verb

زَيَّنَ • (zayyana) II (non-past يُزَيِّنُ (yuzayyinu), verbal noun تَزْيِين (tazyīn))

1. to adorn, to decorate, to embellish, to ornament, to garnish
2. to embroider, to embellish with brocade embroidery, to bedeck, to window-dress
3. to grace
4. to shave
5. to put on makeup
6. to present in a favorable light, to extol
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:24:

     وَجَدْتُهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

     wajadtuhā waqawmahā yasjudūna li-š-šamsi min dūni l-lahi wazayyana lahumu š-šayṭānu ʔaʕmālahum faṣaddahum ʕani s-sabīli fahum lā yahtadūna

     (Sahih International) I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided

Conjugation

Conjugation of زَيَّنَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَزْيِين)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَزْيِين tazyīn
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُزَيِّن muzayyin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُزَيَّن muzayyan
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى				plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past indicative (perfect) الْمَاضِي	m	زَيَّنْتُ zayyantu	زَيَّنْتَ zayyanta	زَيَّنَ zayyana		زَيَّنَّا zayyannā	زَيَّنْتُمَا zayyantumā	زَيَّنَا zayyanā		زَيَّنَّا zayyannā	زَيَّنْتُمْ zayyantum	زَيَّنُوا zayyanū
	f		زَيَّنْتِ zayyanti	زَيَّنَتْ zayyanat				زَيَّنَتَا zayyanatā			زَيَّنْتُنَّ zayyantunna	زَيَّنَّ zayyanna
non-past indicative (imperfect) الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُزَيِّنُ ʔuzayyinu	تُزَيِّنُ tuzayyinu	يُزَيِّنُ yuzayyinu		نُزَيِّنُ nuzayyinu	تُزَيِّنَانِ tuzayyināni	يُزَيِّنَانِ yuzayyināni		نُزَيِّنُ nuzayyinu	تُزَيِّنُونَ tuzayyinūna	يُزَيِّنُونَ yuzayyinūna
	f		تُزَيِّنِينَ tuzayyinīna	تُزَيِّنُ tuzayyinu				تُزَيِّنَانِ tuzayyināni			تُزَيِّنَّ tuzayyinna	يُزَيِّنَّ yuzayyinna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُزَيِّنَ ʔuzayyina	تُزَيِّنَ tuzayyina	يُزَيِّنَ yuzayyina		نُزَيِّنَ nuzayyina	تُزَيِّنَا tuzayyinā	يُزَيِّنَا yuzayyinā		نُزَيِّنَ nuzayyina	تُزَيِّنُوا tuzayyinū	يُزَيِّنُوا yuzayyinū
	f		تُزَيِّنِي tuzayyinī	تُزَيِّنَ tuzayyina				تُزَيِّنَا tuzayyinā			تُزَيِّنَّ tuzayyinna	يُزَيِّنَّ yuzayyinna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُزَيِّنْ ʔuzayyin	تُزَيِّنْ tuzayyin	يُزَيِّنْ yuzayyin		نُزَيِّنْ nuzayyin	تُزَيِّنَا tuzayyinā	يُزَيِّنَا yuzayyinā		نُزَيِّنْ nuzayyin	تُزَيِّنُوا tuzayyinū	يُزَيِّنُوا yuzayyinū
	f		تُزَيِّنِي tuzayyinī	تُزَيِّنْ tuzayyin				تُزَيِّنَا tuzayyinā			تُزَيِّنَّ tuzayyinna	يُزَيِّنَّ yuzayyinna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		زَيِّنْ zayyin				زَيِّنَا zayyinā				زَيِّنُوا zayyinū
	f		زَيِّنِي zayyinī								زَيِّنَّ zayyinna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى				plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past indicative (perfect) الْمَاضِي	m	زُيِّنْتُ zuyyintu	زُيِّنْتَ zuyyinta	زُيِّنَ zuyyina		زُيِّنَّا zuyyinnā	زُيِّنْتُمَا zuyyintumā	زُيِّنَا zuyyinā		زُيِّنَّا zuyyinnā	زُيِّنْتُمْ zuyyintum	زُيِّنُوا zuyyinū
	f		زُيِّنْتِ zuyyinti	زُيِّنَتْ zuyyinat				زُيِّنَتَا zuyyinatā			زُيِّنْتُنَّ zuyyintunna	زُيِّنَّ zuyyinna
non-past indicative (imperfect) الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُزَيَّنُ ʔuzayyanu	تُزَيَّنُ tuzayyanu	يُزَيَّنُ yuzayyanu		نُزَيَّنُ nuzayyanu	تُزَيَّنَانِ tuzayyanāni	يُزَيَّنَانِ yuzayyanāni		نُزَيَّنُ nuzayyanu	تُزَيَّنُونَ tuzayyanūna	يُزَيَّنُونَ yuzayyanūna
	f		تُزَيَّنِينَ tuzayyanīna	تُزَيَّنُ tuzayyanu				تُزَيَّنَانِ tuzayyanāni			تُزَيَّنَّ tuzayyanna	يُزَيَّنَّ yuzayyanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُزَيَّنَ ʔuzayyana	تُزَيَّنَ tuzayyana	يُزَيَّنَ yuzayyana		نُزَيَّنَ nuzayyana	تُزَيَّنَا tuzayyanā	يُزَيَّنَا yuzayyanā		نُزَيَّنَ nuzayyana	تُزَيَّنُوا tuzayyanū	يُزَيَّنُوا yuzayyanū
	f		تُزَيَّنِي tuzayyanī	تُزَيَّنَ tuzayyana				تُزَيَّنَا tuzayyanā			تُزَيَّنَّ tuzayyanna	يُزَيَّنَّ yuzayyanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُزَيَّنْ ʔuzayyan	تُزَيَّنْ tuzayyan	يُزَيَّنْ yuzayyan		نُزَيَّنْ nuzayyan	تُزَيَّنَا tuzayyanā	يُزَيَّنَا yuzayyanā		نُزَيَّنْ nuzayyan	تُزَيَّنُوا tuzayyanū	يُزَيَّنُوا yuzayyanū
	f		تُزَيَّنِي tuzayyanī	تُزَيَّنْ tuzayyan				تُزَيَّنَا tuzayyanā			تُزَيَّنَّ tuzayyanna	يُزَيَّنَّ yuzayyanna

Descendants

• Maltese: żejjen

Etymology 2

Adjective

زَيْن • (zayn)

1. beautiful, nice, pretty, dainty, comely, handsome, graceful, gorgeous, charming, lovely, fair, radiant, well-turned, beauteous, good-looking, fine

Declension

Declension of adjective زَيْن (zayn)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	زَيْن zayn	الزَّيْن az-zayn	زَيْنَة zayna	الزَّيْنَة az-zayna
nominative	زَيْنٌ zaynun	الزَّيْنُ az-zaynu	زَيْنَةٌ zaynatun	الزَّيْنَةُ az-zaynatu
accusative	زَيْنًا zaynan	الزَّيْنَ az-zayna	زَيْنَةً zaynatan	الزَّيْنَةَ az-zaynata
genitive	زَيْنٍ zaynin	الزَّيْنِ az-zayni	زَيْنَةٍ zaynatin	الزَّيْنَةِ az-zaynati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	زَيْنَيْن zaynayn	الزَّيْنَيْن az-zaynayn	زَيْنَتَيْن zaynatayn	الزَّيْنَتَيْن az-zaynatayn
nominative	زَيْنَانِ zaynāni	الزَّيْنَانِ az-zaynāni	زَيْنَتَانِ zaynatāni	الزَّيْنَتَانِ az-zaynatāni
accusative	زَيْنَيْنِ zaynayni	الزَّيْنَيْنِ az-zaynayni	زَيْنَتَيْنِ zaynatayni	الزَّيْنَتَيْنِ az-zaynatayni
genitive	زَيْنَيْنِ zaynayni	الزَّيْنَيْنِ az-zaynayni	زَيْنَتَيْنِ zaynatayni	الزَّيْنَتَيْنِ az-zaynatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	زَيْنَات zaynāt	الزَّيْنَات az-zaynāt
nominative	?	?	زَيْنَاتٌ zaynātun	الزَّيْنَاتُ az-zaynātu
accusative	?	?	زَيْنَاتٍ zaynātin	الزَّيْنَاتِ az-zaynāti
genitive	?	?	زَيْنَاتٍ zaynātin	الزَّيْنَاتِ az-zaynāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: زَیْن (zeyn)

Noun

زَيْن • (zayn) m (plural أَزْيَان (ʔazyān))

1. verbal noun of زَانَ (zāna) (form I)
2. beauty

Declension

Declension of noun زَيْن (zayn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَيْن zayn	الزَّيْن az-zayn	زَيْن zayn
nominative	زَيْنٌ zaynun	الزَّيْنُ az-zaynu	زَيْنُ zaynu
accusative	زَيْنًا zaynan	الزَّيْنَ az-zayna	زَيْنَ zayna
genitive	زَيْنٍ zaynin	الزَّيْنِ az-zayni	زَيْنِ zayni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	زَيْنَيْن zaynayn	الزَّيْنَيْن az-zaynayn	زَيْنَيْ zaynay
nominative	زَيْنَانِ zaynāni	الزَّيْنَانِ az-zaynāni	زَيْنَا zaynā
accusative	زَيْنَيْنِ zaynayni	الزَّيْنَيْنِ az-zaynayni	زَيْنَيْ zaynay
genitive	زَيْنَيْنِ zaynayni	الزَّيْنَيْنِ az-zaynayni	زَيْنَيْ zaynay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَزْيَان ʔazyān	الْأَزْيَان al-ʔazyān	أَزْيَان ʔazyān
nominative	أَزْيَانٌ ʔazyānun	الْأَزْيَانُ al-ʔazyānu	أَزْيَانُ ʔazyānu
accusative	أَزْيَانًا ʔazyānan	الْأَزْيَانَ al-ʔazyāna	أَزْيَانَ ʔazyāna
genitive	أَزْيَانٍ ʔazyānin	الْأَزْيَانِ al-ʔazyāni	أَزْيَانِ ʔazyāni

Proper noun

زَيْن • (zayn) m

1. a male given name, Zayn and Zain

Declension

Declension of noun زَيْن (zayn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	زَيْن zayn	—
nominative	—	زَيْنٌ zaynun	—
accusative	—	زَيْنًا zaynan	—
genitive	—	زَيْنٍ zaynin	—

Etymology 3

Verb

زِينَ • (zīna) (form I) /ziː.na/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of زَانَ (zāna)

Iraqi Arabic

Root
ز ي ن
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic زَيْن (zayn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeːn/
  • IPA^(key): [zeːn]

    • Audio:

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  • (diphthongization of ē) IPA^(key): [zɪe̯n]

    • Audio:

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Adjective

زين (zēn)

1. good; someone or something good

   الوضع كلّش زين. ― il-waḍiʕ kulliš zēn. ― The situation is very good.

Synonyms

• خوش (ḵōš)
• (North Mesopotamian Arabic) مليح (mlīḥ)

Interjection

زين (zēn)

1. so; Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.

   زين هسّة شنسوي؟ ― zēn hassa šinsawwī? ― So what are we going to do now?

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ز ي ن
3 terms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic زَيْن (zayn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zajn/, /ziːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

زَيْن or زِين • (zayn or zīn) m

1. beauty

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic زَيَّنَ (zayyana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaj.jan/

Verb

زين • (zayyan) II (non-past يزين (yzayyan))

1. to adorn, to decorate, to embellish, to ornament, to garnish

Conjugation

Conjugation of زين

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	زيّنت (zayyant)	زيّنتي (zayyanti)	زيّن (zayyan)		زيّننا (zayyanna)	زيّنتوا (zayyantu)	زيّنوا (zayynu)
	f			زيّنت (zayynāt)
non-past	m	نزيّن (nzayyan)	تزيّن (tzayyan)	يزيّن (yzayyan)		نزيّنوا (nzayynu)	تزيّنوا (tzayynu)	يزيّنوا (yzayynu)
	f		تزيّني (tzayyni)	تزيّن (tzayyan)
imperative	m		زيّن (zayyan)				زيّنوا (zayynu)
	f		زيّني (zayyni)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ز ي ن
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic زَيَّنَ (zayyana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaj.jan/, [ˈzej.jan]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Verb

زيّن • (zayyan) II (present بزيّن (bizayyen))

1. to adorn, to decorate, to embellish, to ornament, to garnish

Conjugation

Conjugation of زين

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	زيّنت (zayyant)	زيّنت (zayyant)	زيّن (zayyan)		زيّننا (zayyanna)	زيّنتو (zayyantu)	زيّنو (zayyanu)
	f		زيّنتي (zayyanti)	زيّنت (zayyanat)
present	m	بزيّن (bazayyin)	بتزيّن (bitzayyin)	بزيّن (bizayyin)		منزيّن (minzayyin)	بتزيّنو (bitzayynu)	بزيّنو (bizayynu)
	f		بتزيّني (bitzayyni)	بتزيّن (bitzayyin)
subjunctive	m	ازيّن (azayyin)	تزيّن (tzayyin)	يزيّن (yzayyin)		نزيّن (nzayyin)	تزيّنو (tzayynu)	يزيّنو (yzayynu)
	f		تزيّني (tzayyni)	تزيّن (tzayyin)
imperative	m		زيّن (zayyin)				زيّنو (zayynu)
	f		زيّني (zayyni)