ज़बान
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian زبان (zabān, zubān), from Middle Persian ŠNA / ʾwzwʾn' (uzwān), from Proto-Iranian *hižwaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs. Doublet of जीभ (jībh) and जिह्वा (jihvā), possibly cognate with English tongue. Compare Bengali জবান (joban), Gujarati જબાન (jabān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ज़बान • (zabān) f (Urdu spelling زُبان or زَبان)
Declension edit
Declension of ज़बान (fem cons-stem)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān, “mothertongue”)