Baluchi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *jimáh.

Noun edit

زمستان (zemestân)

  1. winter

Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

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

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? zamistān
Dari reading? zimistān
Iranian reading? zemestân
Tajik reading? zimiston

Noun edit

Dari زمستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik зимистон

زمستان (zemestân) (plural زمستان‌ها (zemestân-hâ))

  1. winter

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Gujarati: ઝમિસ્થાન (jhamisthān) (partial calque)

See also edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمستان (zamistān).

Noun edit

زمستان (zimastān, zamistānm (Hindi spelling ज़िमस्तान)

  1. winter
  2. wisdom
  3. science