ज़ेह

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zeːɦ/, [zeːʱ], /d͡ʒeːɦ/, [d͡ʒeːʱ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian زه (za'f), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH. Doublet of ज्या (jyā).

Noun

ज़ेह • (zeh) m (Urdu spelling زہ)

1. bowstring

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian زه (za'f), from Arabic ضَعْف (ḍaʕf).

Noun

ज़ेह • (zeh) m

1. (rare) childbirth

Related terms

• दर्द-ए-ज़ेह (dard-e-zeh)

 

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जेह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “zeh”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.