Baluchi

Noun

زبان • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. tongue
2. language

See also

• زوان ‎(zawán)

Persian

Alternative forms

• زفان ‎(zofân, zafân)
• زوان ‎(zovân, zavân)
• زوون ‎(zoun, zowun)
• زبون ‎(zabun)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ŠNA / ʾwzwʾn' ‎(uzwān) (Manichaean ʾzwʾn ‎(uzwān)), from Proto-Iranian *hiźwā- (compare Kurdish ziman, Pashto ژبه ‎(žəba), Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 ‎(hīzuuā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit जिह्वा ‎(jihvā), Hindi जीभ ‎(jībh)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Old Prussian insuwis, Russian язык ‎(jazýk), French langue, English tongue).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [zæˈbɒ(ː)n]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [zæˈbu(ː)n]
• (Hamadan) IPA^(key): [zeˈbɒːn]

Noun

زبان • ‎(zabân, zobân) ‎(plural زبان‌ها ‎(zabân-hâ))

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Derived terms

• زبانی ‎(zabâni)
• زبان‌شناسی ‎(zabân-šenâsi)

Descendants

• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ज़बान ‎(zabān)
  • Urdu: زبان ‎(zabān)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “uzwān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 85

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian زبان ‎(zabān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zəbaːn]

Noun

زبان • ‎(zabān) f ‎(Hindi spelling ज़बान)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Declension

Synonyms

• (tongue): جیبھ ‎(jībh), لسان ‎(lisān)
• (language): لسان ‎(lisān), بھاشا ‎(bhāšā), بولی ‎(bolī)

Derived terms

• مادری زبان ‎(mādrī zabān)