زبان

Baluchi

Noun

زبان

1. tongue
2. language

See also

• زوان (zawán)

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Persian

Alternative forms

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

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

• (Iranian Persian) IPA: [zæˈbɒːn]
• (Tehrani accent) IPA: [zæˈbuːn]
• (Hamadan) IPA: [zeˈbɒːn]

Noun

Dari	زبان‍
Iranian Persian	زبان‍
Tajik	‍забон‍

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

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Derived terms

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

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian زبان (zabān).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [zəbaːn]

Noun

زبان • (zabān) f, Hindi spelling ज़बान

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Declension

    declension of زبان

	singular	plural
direct	زبان (zabān)	زبانیں (zabānẽ)
indirect	زبان (zabān)	زبانوں (zabānõ)
vocative	زبان (zabān)	زبانو (zabāno)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• مادری زبان (mādrī zabān)