زَمَنٌ ذ an inf. n. of زَمِنَ [q. v.]. (Msb, K.) ― -b2- And a simple subst. [meaning Continuance for a long time,] from أَزْمَنَ in the first of the senses assigned to it above; and so ↓ زُمْنَةٌ , with damm. (IAar, TA.) ― -b3- Also, and ↓ زَمَانٌ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) the former a contraction of the latter, (Msb,) A time, whether little or much; (S, Msb, K;) thus accord. to Er-Rághib; (TA in art. دهر;) as being a space capable of division: (Msb:) and so says El-Munáwee: (TA:) a time considered with respect to its beginning and its end: (Er-Rághib, MF voce أَمَدٌ:) or i. q. عَصْرٌ [as meaning a space, or period, of time]: (M, K:) [often meaning, without any addition to qualify it, a long time; as in an instance of the usage of the latter word above: (see 4:) what follows here applies to each of these words:] زَمَانٌ differs in some respects from آنٌ and from أَمَدٌ: Sh asserts it to be syn. with دَهْرٌ; but AHeyth says that this is a mistake: (TA:) [it is so, however, sometimes, accord. to several authorities, as has been shown in art. دهر; and particularly as meaning fortune, or fate:] IAth says that it is applied to the whole of what is termed الدَّهْرُ [as meaning time], and to a portion thereof: AHeyth says that it is the زمان [i. e. season] of fruit, of ripe dates, and of heat and cold: and that it may be [a period of] two months [as meaning any one of the six seasons of the solar year] to six months [as meaning the half-year often termed summer and the half-year often termed winter]: (TA:) [thus] it is applied to any one of the four quarters of the year; (Msb, TA;) the first of which [in the order in which they are commonly mentioned by the Arabs, i. e. autumn,] is called by the Arabs [of the classical age] الرَّبِيعُ, but vulgarly الخَرِيفُ; called by the former name because the first rain is therein, giving growth to [the herbage called] the رَبِيع; and called by the latter name because the fruits are gathered therein; and it commences when the sun enters Libra: the second [i. e. winter] is called الشِّتَآءُ; and commences when the sun enters Capricornus: the third [i. e. spring] is الصَّيْفُ, vulgarly called الرَّبِيعُ; and commences when the sun enters Aries: the fourth [i. e. summer] is القَيْظُ, vulgarly called الصَّيْفُ; and commences when the sun enters Cancer: (Msb:) * * The two following tables exhibit the principal divisions of the Arabian Calendar. The latter of them shows the places of the months in relation to the solar year at the period when they received the names by which they are here designated.
زَمَنٌ ذ an inf. n. of زَمِنَ [q. v.]. (Msb, K.) ― -b2- And a simple subst. [meaning Continuance for a long time,] from أَزْمَنَ in the first of the senses assigned to it above; and so ↓ زُمْنَةٌ , with damm. (IAar, TA.) ― -b3- Also, and ↓ زَمَانٌ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) the former a contraction of the latter, (Msb,) A time, whether little or much; (S, Msb, K;) thus accord. to Er-Rághib; (TA in art. دهر;) as being a space capable of division: (Msb:) and so says El-Munáwee: (TA:) a time considered with respect to its beginning and its end: (Er-Rághib, MF voce أَمَدٌ:) or i. q. عَصْرٌ [as meaning a space, or period, of time]: (M, K:) [often meaning, without any addition to qualify it, a long time; as in an instance of the usage of the latter word above: (see 4:) what follows here applies to each of these words:] زَمَانٌ differs in some respects from آنٌ and from أَمَدٌ: Sh asserts it to be syn. with دَهْرٌ; but AHeyth says that this is a mistake: (TA:) [it is so, however, sometimes, accord. to several authorities, as has been shown in art. دهر; and particularly as meaning fortune, or fate:] IAth says that it is applied to the whole of what is termed الدَّهْرُ [as meaning time], and to a portion thereof: AHeyth says that it is the زمان [i. e. season] of fruit, of ripe dates, and of heat and cold: and that it may be [a period of] two months [as meaning any one of the six seasons of the solar year] to six months [as meaning the half-year often termed summer and the half-year often termed winter]: (TA:) [thus] it is applied to any one of the four quarters of the year; (Msb, TA;) the first of which [in the order in which they are commonly mentioned by the Arabs, i. e. autumn,] is called by the Arabs [of the classical age] الرَّبِيعُ, but vulgarly الخَرِيفُ; called by the former name because the first rain is therein, giving growth to [the herbage called] the رَبِيع; and called by the latter name because the fruits are gathered therein; and it commences when the sun enters Libra: the second [i. e. winter] is called الشِّتَآءُ; and commences when the sun enters Capricornus: the third [i. e. spring] is الصَّيْفُ, vulgarly called الرَّبِيعُ; and commences when the sun enters Aries: the fourth [i. e. summer] is القَيْظُ, vulgarly called الصَّيْفُ; and commences when the sun enters Cancer: (Msb:) * * The two following tables exhibit the principal divisions of the Arabian Calendar. The latter of them shows the places of the months in relation to the solar year at the period when they received the names by which they are here designated.
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