زانية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ز ن ي‎ (z-n-y).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zaː.ni.ja/

Noun

زَانِيَة • (zāniya) f (plural زَوَانٍ‎ (zawānin))

whore; harlot; adulteress

Declension

Declension of noun زَانِيَة (zāniya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَانِيَة zāniya	الزَّانِيَة‎ az-zāniya	زَانِيَة zāniyat
Nominative	زَانِيَةٌ zāniyatun	الزَّانِيَةُ‎ az-zāniyatu	زَانِيَةُ zāniyatu
Accusative	زَانِيَةً zāniyatan	الزَّانِيَةَ‎ az-zāniyata	زَانِيَةَ zāniyata
Genitive	زَانِيَةٍ zāniyatin	الزَّانِيَةِ‎ az-zāniyati	زَانِيَةِ zāniyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَانِيَتَيْن‎ zāniyatayn	الزَّانِيَتَيْن‎ az-zāniyatayn	زَانِيَتَيْ‎ zāniyatay
Nominative	زَانِيَتَانِ‎ zāniyatāni	الزَّانِيَتَانِ‎ az-zāniyatāni	زَانِيَتَا‎ zāniyatā
Accusative	زَانِيَتَيْنِ‎ zāniyatayni	الزَّانِيَتَيْنِ‎ az-zāniyatayni	زَانِيَتَيْ‎ zāniyatay
Genitive	زَانِيَتَيْنِ‎ zāniyatayni	الزَّانِيَتَيْنِ‎ az-zāniyatayni	زَانِيَتَيْ‎ zāniyatay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوَانِي‎ zawānī	الزَّوَانِي‎ az-zawānī	زَوَانِي‎ zawānī
Nominative	زَوَانٍ‎ zawānin	الزَّوَانِي‎ az-zawānī	زَوَانِي‎ zawānī
Accusative	زَوَانِيَ‎ zawāniya	الزَّوَانِيَ‎ az-zawāniya	زَوَانِيَ‎ zawāniya
Genitive	زَوَانٍ‎ zawānin	الزَّوَانِي‎ az-zawānī	زَوَانِي‎ zawānī

Related terms

زِنًى‎ (zinan)
زَانٍ‎ (zānin)
زِنَاء‎ (zināʾ)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “زني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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