ज़बान
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Hindi[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 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)
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān, “mothertongue”)
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