زه
Gilaki edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (zh’l /zahār/, “womb”), [script needed] (zhk’wmnd /zahagōmand/, “pregnant”).
Noun edit
زه (zƏ)
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative form of زی (zƏy).
Noun edit
زه (zeh, ze)
Pashto edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *ajám, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
زه • (zə)
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭩𐭧 (zyḥ /zīh/). Cognate with Avestan 𐬲𐬌𐬌𐬁 (žiiā, “bow-string”) , Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bow-string, tendon”), Old Church Slavonic жила (žila), Lithuanian gýsla, Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil) and Sanskrit जिया (jiyā́).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zih]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zeʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zeʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zih |
Dari reading? | zeh |
Iranian reading? | zeh |
Tajik reading? | zeh |
Noun edit
Dari | زه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зеҳ |
زه • (zeh)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”). Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬄𐬚𐬀 (ząθa, “birth”), Sanskrit ज (ja, “son of, birth”), Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos, “procreation”).
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zah]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zah |
Dari reading? | zah |
Iranian reading? | zah |
Tajik reading? | zah |
Verb edit
زه • (zah)
Pronunciation 2 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zah]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zeʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zeʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zah |
Dari reading? | zeh |
Iranian reading? | zeh |
Tajik reading? | zeh |
Noun edit
زه • (zeh)
Derived terms edit
- درد زه (dard-e zeh)
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Middle Persian *zah, attested in [script needed] (zhʾpk' /zahābag/, “spring, source”). Compare also [script needed] (zhʾk' /zahā/, “depth”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zah]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäʱ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | zah |
Dari reading? | zah |
Iranian reading? | zah |
Tajik reading? | zah |
Noun edit
زه • (zah)