Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /zə.bɑːn/, [zɐ.bä̃ːn], /d͡ʒə.bɑːn/, [d͡ʒɐ.bä̃ːn]

Noun

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ज़बान (zabānf (Urdu spelling زُبان or زَبان)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonyms: जीभ (jībh), जिह्वा (jihvā)
  2. language
    Synonyms: भाषा (bhāṣā), बोली (bolī), लिसान (lisān)
    उर्दू के अलावा तुम्हें कौनसी ज़बानें आती हैं?
    urdū ke alāvā tumhẽ kaunsī zabānẽ ātī ha͠i?
    Besides Urdu, what other languages do you know?

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