z b n
22 lemmas · 9 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 25:10
Themes:purchase·3sale·3buy·2sell·2purchasing·2
POS shape:noun·15verb·3name·3preposition·1
This root is attested across 9 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*z-b-nProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianzibānītumz b n— a type of scale or balance (literally: "provided with a zabana")
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewכַּזְבָןז ב נ— habitual liar
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicזבןז ב נ— to buy, to sell
Syriacܙܒܢܐܙ ܒ ܢ— purchasing, purchase
Assyrian NAܙܵܒ݂ܹܢܙ ܒ ܢ— to buy, purchase
Turoyoܙܒܢܙ ܒ ܢ— because of, for
Arabic
Arabicزَبَانِيَةز ب ن— Zabaniyah (Angels of Hell)
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicዘበንዘ በ ነ— alternative form of ዘመን (zämän)
Tigrinyaዘበንዘ በ ነ— alternative form of ዘመን (zämän)
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Akkadian
akk · 1 lemma- a type of scale or balance (literally: "provided with a zabana")From Sumerian 𒍣𒁀𒈾 (zi-ba-na), the name of a part or a mechanism typical of this kind of scales, that distinguishes them from the 𒄑𒂟 (gišrinnum, “scale”).
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- to buy, to sell
- time
Classical Syriac
syc · 2 lemmas- purchasing, purchaseFrom the root ܙ ܒ ܢ related to purchasing.
- selling, sale
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 8 lemmas- to buy, purchaseFrom Aramaic זָבֵן (zāḇen).
- buying, purchasingVerbal noun of ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ (zāḇēn, “to buy, purchase”)
- to sell, vendIntensitive stem of the verb ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ (zāḇēn, “to buy, purchase”), inherited from Aramaic זַבֵּן (zabben).
- buyer, client, customer, patronActive noun of ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ (zāḇēn, “to buy, purchase”); compare also borrowed into Arabic زَبُون (zabūn).
- acquisition, purchaseInstance noun of the verb ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ (zāḇēn).
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedܡܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ ܕܙܒ݂ܵܢܬܵܐmaḵsā d-zḇāntā
- a saleInstance noun of the verb ܡܙܲܒܸܢ (mzabbin).
- selling, saleVerbal noun of ܡܙܲܒܸܢ (mzabbin, “to sell”).
▸ 1 derivation
- derivedܠܙܘܼܒܵܢܵܐl-zubbānā
- seller, vendorActive noun of ܡܙܲܒܸܢ (mzabbin, “to sell”).
Hebrew
he · 1 lemma- habitual liarFrom כָּזָב + ־ן.
Arabic
ar · 4 lemmas- Zabaniyah (Angels of Hell)
- claw of a scorpion
- Zubenelgenubi, the traditional name of the star Alpha LibraeLiterally "the Southern Claw".
- Zubeneschamali, the traditional name for the star Beta LibraeLiterally, "the Northern Claw".
Amharic
am · 1 lemma- alternative form of ዘመን (zämän)
Tigrinya
ti · 2 lemmas- alternative form of ዘመን (zämän)
- back, dorsumUnknown. In Ge'ez ዘባን (zäban, “back, dorsum”).
Turoyo
tru · 1 lemma- because of, for