زؠو

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zʲaw/

Noun

زؠو • (zyav) f (Devanagari ज़्यव)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

   Synonym: زَبان (zabān)

References

• Elmslie, William Jackson (1872) A Vocabulary of the Kashmírí Language‎^[1], London: Church Missionary House, page 262
• S. K. Toshakhani, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Mirza Ghulam Hassan Beg Arif, Ghulam Nabi Gowhar (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 4‎^[2] (in Kashmiri), volume 4, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 56