Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH.
Noun
*hižwáH
- tongue
- language
Derived terms
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: ژبه (žəba)
- Sarikoli: ziv
- Shughni-Roshani:
- Roshani: [script needed] (ziv)
- Shughni: [script needed] (ziv)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi:
- Eastern Balochi: زوان (zawán), زبان (zibán)
- Southern Balochi: زبان (zibán)
- Western Balochi: زبان (zubán)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: زمان (zimān)
- Northern Kurdish: ziman (zimān), ezman (azmān)
- Southern Kurdish: زوان (ziwān), زووان (zuwān)
- Laki: زووان (zuwān)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian: *hižwā́
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: زوان (zovān)
- Mazanderani: زوون (zëvun), زبون (zëbun)
- Old Median:
- Alviri-Vidari: زووان (zuvān)
- Proto-Tatic:
- Talysh:
- Central Talysh: زون (zun)
- Northern Talysh: zıvon
- Southern Talysh: زون (zavon)
- Old Tati:
- Old Azari: زوان (zawān)
- Harzani: زوهون (zuhun)
- Karingani: زیون (zivun)
- Kalasuri: زوان (zuân)
- Parthian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫉𐫁𐫀𐫗 (ʿzbʾn /izβān/)
- Zaza-Gurani:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐏃𐏀𐎠 (h-z-a /hazāna/)
- Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /izwān/)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /uzwān/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (zwbʾn' /zuwān/)
- Classical Persian: زفان (zufān), زڤان (zuβān~zaβān) , زبان (zubān~zabān)
- Iranian Persian: زبان (zabān)
- Judeo-Tat:
- Cyrillic script: зугьун (zuhun)
- Hebrew script: זוהונ
- Latin script: zuhun
- Tajik: забон (zabon)