ज़बान
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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 Odia ଜ଼ବାନ୍ (zåbān), Bengali জবান (joban), Gujarati જબાન (jabān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ज़बान • (zabān) f (Urdu spelling زُبان or زَبان)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ज़बान (fem cons-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān, “mothertongue”)
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