different between zag vs zaa

English

Etymology

Back-formation from zigzag. Compare zig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

zag (plural zags)

1. One of a series of sharp turns or reversals.
2. twist in a storyline

Verb

zag (third-person singular simple present zags, present participle zagging, simple past and past participle zagged)

1. (intransitive) To move with a sharp turn or reversal.

Derived terms

• zig when one should zag

Derived terms

• zigzag

See also

• zig

Anagrams

• Gaz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?x
• IPA^(key): /z?x/

Verb

zag

1. singular past indicative of zien

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

zag

1. singular imperative of zagen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zagen

Turkmen

Noun

zag (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

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English

Noun

zaa (plural zaas)

1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.
   • 2006, Coleman South, Leslie Jermyn, Syria (page 95)

     Z (zaa): a loose-tongued z; same as above.

   • 2013, Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar, Colloquial Arabic of Egypt

     the letter Zaa, formally an emphatic 'z', but often pronounced as an emphatic 'd' in Egyptian Arabic

Translations

Anagrams

• aza, aza-

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Pronunciation

Verb

-zaa (infinitive kuzaa)

1. give birth, bear
2. beget

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -zalia
  • Causative: -zalisha
  • Passive: -zawa, -zaliwa (“be born”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mzazi
  • uzazi
  • zao (“offspring; crops (in the plural)”)