ज़बान

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by AutoDooz (talk | contribs) as of 18:56, 19 August 2023.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زبان (zabān, zubān), from Middle Persian ŠNA / ʾwzwʾn' (uzwān), from Proto-Iranian *hižwaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs. Doublet of जीभ (jībh) and जिह्वा (jihvā), possibly cognate with English tongue. Compare Bengali জবান (joban), Gujarati જબાન (jabān).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /zə.bɑːn/, [zɐ.bä̃ːn], /d͡ʒə.bɑːn/, [d͡ʒɐ.bä̃ːn]

Noun

ज़बान (zabānf (Urdu spelling زُبان or زَبان)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonyms: जीभ (jībh), जिह्वा (jihvā)
  2. language
    Synonyms: भाषा (bhāṣā), बोली (bolī), लिसान (lisān)
    (deprecated template usage)
    उर्दू के अलावा तुम्हें कौनसी ज़बानें आती हैं?
    urdū ke alāvā tumhẽ kaunsī zabānẽ ātī ha͠i?
    Besides Urdu, what other languages do you know?

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms