Ζωή

See also: ζωή

Ancient Greek

Already in the Septuagint translation. From ζωή (zōḗ, “life”), fashioned as a semantic loan from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā, “Eve”).

Ζωή • (Zōḗ) f (genitive Ζωῆς); ? declension (Koine)

First declension of ἡ Ζωή; τῆς Ζωῆς (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζωή hē Zōḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ζωῆς tês Zōês
Dative	τῇ Ζωῇ tēî Zōēî
Accusative	τὴν Ζωήν tḕn Zōḗn
Vocative	Ζωή Zōḗ
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

> Greek: Ζωή (Zoḯ) (inherited)
→ Aragonese: Zoya
→ Breton: Zoe
→ Bulgarian: Зоя (Zoja)
→ Catalan: Zoe
→ Chinese: 佐伊 (Zuǒyī)
→ Classical Persian: زویا (zōyā), زوئه (zō'a)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: ज़ोया (zoyā), ज़ोए (zoe)
  
  Urdu: زویا (zoyā), زوئے (zoe)
→ Czech: Zoja, Zoe
→ Danish: Zoe
→ Dutch: Zoë
→ English: Zoe, Zoë, Zoé, Zoey
→ Finnish: Zoe
→ French: Zoé, Zoë
→ Galician: Zoe
→ German: Zoe
→ Italian: Zoe
→ Korean: 조에 (Jo'e)
→ Latin: Zōē
→ Latvian: Zoja
→ Norwegian: Zoë
→ Polish: Zoja, Zoe
→ Portuguese: Zoé
→ Romanian: Zoe
→ Russian: Зо́я (Zója)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Zoja
→ Slovak: Zoja
→ Slovene: Zoja
→ Spanish: Zoe
→ Swedish: Zoë
→ Ottoman Turkish: زویا (zoyâ), زوئه (zo'e)
- > Turkish: Zoya, Zoe (inherited)
→ Ukrainian: Зо́я (Zója)

Inherited from Ancient Greek Ζωή (Zōḗ).

Ζωή • (Zoḯ) f