ژبه

See also: رثة

Pashto

Alternative forms

• جبه (jë́ba), زبه (zë́ba), ژېبه (žébá)
• ژبه (žəbba) (Waziri)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hižwáHkaH, from *hižwáH (compare Persian زبان (zabân), Northern Kurdish ziman, Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hizuuā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (compare Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Hindi जीभ (jībh)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Old Prussian insuwis, Russian язы́к (jazýk), French langue, English tongue).

Pronunciation

• (Kandahar, Kabuli) IPA^(key): /ˈʒəbə/

Noun

ژبه • (žë́ba) f (plural ژبې (žëbe))

1. language
2. (anatomy) tongue
3. word

Derived terms

• ژبه ور (žëbawár)