زمستان
Baluchi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *jimáh.
Noun edit
زمستان • (zemestân)
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- زمستون (zemestun)
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [Term?] (ẕmstʾn' /zamestān/), from Proto-Iranian *jimáh + Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (whence the suffix, ـِستَان (-estân, “-stan”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós (“cold, frost”).
Cognate with Northern Kurdish zivistan, Ossetian зымӕг (zymæg), Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊), Latin hiems, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Pashto ژمی (žaməy) / Pashto زمی (zaməy).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [za.mis.tɑːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zi.mis.t̪ʰɔn]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zamistān |
Dari reading? | zimistān |
Iranian reading? | zemestân |
Tajik reading? | zimiston |
Noun edit
Dari | زمستان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зимистон |
زمستان • (zemestân) (plural زمستانها (zemestân-hâ))
Derived terms edit
- زمستانی (zemestâni)
- چلهی زمستان (čelle-ye zemestân)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Gujarati: ઝમિસ્થાન (jhamisthān) (partial calque)
See also edit
- (seasons) صلها (fasl-hâ); بهار (bahâr), تابستان (tâbestân), پاییز (pâyiz), زمستان (zemestân) (Category: fa:Seasons)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian زمستان (zamistān).