different between zam vs zat
zam
English
Interjection
zam
- shortened form of kazaam
- 1945, The Author and Journalist (volumes 30-31, page 9)
- Then suddenly — Zam! Zowie! Smash! The Post sends back an article which I was positive it would buy, and which, in fact, it had ordered. One manuscript after another is flung back into my face […]
- 2007, J. W. Brodie-Innes, The Devil's Mistress (page 21)
- You never know when some enemy of the Free World might worm his or her way into your confidence and then — ZAM! Wipe you out.
- 1945, The Author and Journalist (volumes 30-31, page 9)
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German zam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“tame”). Cognate with German zahm, Dutch tam, English tame, Icelandic tamur.
Adjective
zam (Uri)
- tame, gentle
- (of weather) mild
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 68.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German zam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz. The vowel may be influenced by cognate German zahm. Luxembourgish zam(m) is the expected outcome of the uninflected stem, but one might expect *zuem, *zumm from the inflected forms instead. Also cognate with Dutch tam, English tame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsa?m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
- Homophone: Zam
Adjective
zam (masculine zamen, neuter zaamt, comparative méi zam, superlative am zaamsten)
- tame
Declension
Antonyms
- wëll
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tamaz, whence also Old English tam, Old Norse tamr
Adjective
zam
- tame
Descendants
- Middle High German: zam
- Alemannic German: zam
- German: zahm
- Hunsrik: zaam
- Luxembourgish: zam
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (?amm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??m]
Noun
zam (definite accusative zamm?, plural zamlar)
- surcharge
- increase in price
- salary raise
Declension
Antonyms
- indirim
References
- Ni?anyan, Sevan (2002–) , “zam”, in Ni?anyan Sözlük
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zat
English
Conjunction
zat
- Pronunciation spelling of that. (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French).
Anagrams
- AZT, Taz
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z?t/
- Hyphenation: zat
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sat, from Old Dutch *sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?-.
Adjective
zat (comparative zatter, superlative zatst)
- sated, full, especially with alcoholic beverage, i.e. drunk
- Synonym: dronken
- having had enough, having had it up to here, fed up
Inflection
Derived terms
- ladderzat
- stiepelzat (Flanders)
- zatlap
Determiner
zat
- (informal) plenty
- Synonym: genoeg
Adverb
zat
- (informal) enough
- Synonym: genoeg
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
zat
- singular past indicative of zitten
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay zat, from Classical Malay dhat, dzat, zat, from Arabic ????? (??t, “being, essence, substance, nature”).
Noun
zat (first-person possessive zatku, second-person possessive zatmu, third-person possessive zatnya)
- substance
Compounds
Turkmen
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (??t, “being, essence, substance, nature).
Noun
zat (definite accusative ?, plural ?)
- thing
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