زمین

See also: زمين

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Noun

زمین • (zamín)

2. earth
3. land
4. ground
5. soil

Persian

Alternative forms

• زمی (zami) (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier زمی (zami), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, “earth”), from Proto-Iranian *jáHs (compare Northern Kurdish zevî, Northern Luri زمی (zemi), Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs (compare Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (compare Russian земля́ (zemljá), Latvian zeme, Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [za.ˈmiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.míːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.míːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.míːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.mín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.míːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.mín]

Readings
Classical reading?	zamīn
Dari reading?	zamīn
Iranian reading?	zamin
Tajik reading?	zamin

Noun

Dari	زمین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	замин

زَمین • (zamin) (plural زمین‌ها (zamin-hâ))

1. earth
3. Earth
4. land
5. soil
6. ground
7. estate

Synonyms

• (land): سرزمین (sarzamin)
• (soil): خاک (xâk), سرزمین (sarzamin)
• (estate): ملک (melk)

Derived terms

• سرزمین (sarzamin)
• زمیندار (zamin-dâr)
• زمین خوردن (zamin xordan)
• زمین زدن (zamin zadan)
• زمین‌شناس (zamin-šenâs)

Proper noun

زمین • (zamin)

1. Earth

Derived terms

• زمینی (zamini)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zəmin
• → Baluchi: زمین (zamīn)
• → Bengali: জমিন (jomin)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़मीन (zamīn)

  Urdu: زمین (zamīn)

• → Northern Kurdish: zemîn
• → Ottoman Turkish: زمین (zemin)

  > Turkish: zemin (inherited)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਮੀਨ (zamīn), ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂ (zimī̃)

  Shahmukhi script: زمین (zamīn)

• → Kannada: ಜಮೀನು (jamīnu)
• → Tamil: ஜமீன் (jamīṉ)
• → Turkmen: zemin
• → Sindhi: زمين (zamīnu)
• → Uyghur: زامىن (zamin)
• → Uzbek: zamin

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) سیاره‌های منظومه شمسی (sayyâre-hâ-ye manzume-ye šamsi); تیر (tir), ناهید (nâhid), زمین (zamin), مریخ (merrix), مشتری (moštari), زحل (zohal), اورانوس (urânus), نپتون (neptun)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zamīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 98

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمین (zamin), from earlier زمی (zami), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, “earth”). Compare Punjabi زمین (zamīn), Sindhi زمين (zamīnu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

زَمِین • (zamīn) f (Hindi spelling ज़मीन)

1. land, plot, estate (area)
2. soil

   Synonyms: مِٹّی (miṭṭī), خاک (xāk)

4. the Earth, world (as opposed to the sky, heaven)

   Synonyms: دنیا (duniyā), دھرتی (dhartī)

5. surface, ground

   Synonym: فرش (farś)

6. region, area

   Synonyms: خطا (xittā), ارض (arz), علاقہ (ilāqa)

7. country, land, homeland

   Synonyms: وطن (vatan), دیس (des), سرزمین (sarzamīn)

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Declension

Declension of زمین
	singular	plural
direct	زمین (zamīn)	زمینیں (zamīnẽ)
oblique	زمین (zamīn)	زمینوں (zamīnõ)
vocative	زمین (zamīn)	زمینو (zamīno)

References

• “زمین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “زمین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.