забон

Tajik

Etymology

From Middle Persian uzvān, from Proto-Iranian *hiźu̯ā- (compare Kurdish ziman, Pashto ژبه (žəba), Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬏𐬁 (hizvā)), 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

• IPA: /zæˈbɔːn/

Noun

Dari	زبان‍
Iranian Persian	زبان‍
Tajik	‍забон‍

забон • (zabon), plural забонҳо (zabonho)

1. tongue
2. language

Inflection

basic forms of забон

	singular	plural
bare	забон (zabon)	забонҳо (zabonho)
izofa	забони (zaboni)	забонҳои (zabonhoi)
marked indefinite, relative definite	забоне (zabone)	—