ज़बान

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زبان (zabân), from Middle Persian ŠNA / ʾwzwʾn' (uzwān), from Proto-Iranian *hižwaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ज़बान (zabānf (Urdu spelling زبان)

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

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