zēns

Etymology
Borrowed from ; cf. . The e is the nearest vowel to ö in Latvian; the length probably results from the influence of. In an 18th-century dictionary, is mentioned as “rarely used,” and only in the area around Riga and in Courland; in the 19th century, the word was still mostly used in Courland, but had already entered the literary language, as a synonym of.

Noun

 * 1) boy a male child, approximately until 11 years of age
 * 2) young (especially adolescent) man
 * 3) boy, boyfriend a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested
 * 4)  boy, guy a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality
 * 1) young (especially adolescent) man
 * 2) boy, boyfriend a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested
 * 3)  boy, guy a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality
 * 1) young (especially adolescent) man
 * 2) boy, boyfriend a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested
 * 3)  boy, guy a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality
 * 1) boy, boyfriend a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested
 * 2)  boy, guy a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality
 * 1)  boy, guy a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality
 * 1)  boy, guy a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality
 * 1)  boy, guy a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality