زبان

زبان • (transliteration needed)

1. tongue
2. language

• زوان‎ (zawán)

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

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

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

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

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

• زبان اشاره‎ (zabân-e ešâre)
• زبان‌شناس‎ (zabân-šenâs)
• زبان‌شناسی‎ (zabân-šenâsi)
• زبان مادری‎ (zabân-e mâdari)
• زبانی‎ (zabâni)

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

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

From Persian زبان‎ (zabân).

• IPA^(key): [zəbaːn]

زبان • (zabān) f (Hindi spelling ज़बान)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

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

• مادری زبان‎ (mādrī zabān)