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ज़ैदgrowth, increase
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Zayan
ज़ायन
graceful, beautiful
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Zayan is most often read as ‘graceful’ or ‘beautiful’ through a proposed link to Zain or Zayn. Wiktionary records Urdu zain and Arabic zayn with beauty-related meanings, but the cited sources do not establish Zayan as a form of those words, so the meaning remains a popular reading. Urdu ziyān, ‘loss’ or ‘harm’, is a separate Persian-derived word; that spelling similarity is relevant when choosing an Urdu rendering, without proving anything about Zayan's origin.
Source: Wiktionary, زین. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
ज़ायन is read zaa-yan, in two syllables with a long opening vowel and a short second one. Zayaan and Zaiyan are other Roman spellings. The cited Urdu headword زین is Zain. Confirm a name-specific Urdu spelling before using زیان, which the available evidence records as a different word.
Also spelled Zayaan, Zaiyan.