زمین

See also: زمين

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Noun

زمین • (zamín)

2. earth
3. land
4. ground
5. soil

Persian

Alternative forms

• زمی (zami) (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier زمی (zamī), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, “earth”), from Proto-Iranian *jáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Indo-Iranian cognates include: Northern Kurdish zevî, Northern Luri زمی (zemi), Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊), Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [za.ˈmiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.míːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.míːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.míːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.mín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.míːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.mín]

Readings
Classical reading?	zamīn
Dari reading?	zamīn
Iranian reading?	zamin
Tajik reading?	zamin

Noun

Dari	زمین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	замин

زَمین • (zamin) (plural زمین‌ها (zamin-hâ))

1. earth
2. land

   Synonym: سرزمین (sarzamin)

3. soil

   Synonyms: خاک (xâk), سرزمین (sarzamin)

4. ground
5. estate

   Synonym: ملک (melk)

Derived terms

• زمین خوردن (zamin xordan)
• زمین زدن (zamin zadan)
• زمیندار (zamin-dâr)
• زمین‌شناس (zamin-šenâs)
• سرزمین (sarzamin)

 

Proper noun

Dari	زمین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	замин

زَمین • (za‌min)

2. Earth

Derived terms

• زمینی (zamini)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zəmin
• → Baluchi: زمین (zamīn)
• → Bengali: জমিন (jomin), জমিঁ (jomĩ), জমি (jomi)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़मीन (zamīn)

  Urdu: زمین (zamīn)

• → Northern Kurdish: zemîn
• → Ottoman Turkish: زمین (zemin)

  > Turkish: zemin (inherited)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਮੀਨ (zamīn), ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂ (zimī̃)

  Shahmukhi script: زمین (zamīn)

• → Kannada: ಜಮೀನು (jamīnu)
• → Tamil: ஜமீன் (jamīṉ)
• → Turkmen: zemin
• → Sindhi: زمين (zamīnu)
• → Uyghur: زامىن (zamin)
• → Uzbek: zamin

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) سیاره‌های منظومه شمسی (sayyâre-hâ-ye manzume-ye šamsi); تیر (tir), ناهید (nâhid), زمین (zamin), مریخ (merrix), مشتری (moštari), زحل (zohal), اورانوس (urânus), نپتون (neptun)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زمین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zamīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 98

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• زِمِیں (zimīṉ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمین (zamīn). Compare Urdu زمین.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zə.miːnə̆/, /d͡ʒə.miːnə̆/

Noun

زَمِین • (zamīn) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਮੀਨ)

1. earth, land, ground, soil

   Synonym: بھوئیں (bho'eṉ)

2. base, foundation
3. fields, property

   Synonym: ਭੋਏਂ (bhoē̃)

4. (art) ground, field, background

Further reading

• “ਜਮੀਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زَمِین (zamīn), from earlier زَمِی, from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, “earth”). Compare Punjabi زمین (zamīn), Sindhi زمين (zamīnu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

زَمِین • (zamīn) f (Hindi spelling ज़मीन)

1. land, plot, estate (area)
2. soil

   Synonyms: مِٹّی (miṭṭī), خاک (xāk)

4. the earth, world (as opposed to the sky, heaven)

   Synonyms: دنیا (duniyā), دھرتی (dhartī)

5. surface, ground

   Synonym: فرش (farś)

6. region, area

   Synonyms: خطا (xittā), ارض (arz), علاقہ (ilāqa)

7. country, land, homeland

   Synonyms: وطن (vatan), دیس (des), سرزمین (sarzamīn)

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Declension

Declension of زمین
	singular	plural
direct	زمین (zamīn)	زمینیں (zamīnẽ)
oblique	زمین (zamīn)	زمینوں (zamīnõ)
vocative	زمین (zamīn)	زمینو (zamīno)

References

• “زمین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “زمین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.