ज़बान

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HindiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Persian زبان‏ (zabān), from Middle Persian ŠNA / ʾwzwʾn' (uzwān), from Proto-Iranian *hižwaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵiĵʰwáHs

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /zəbaːn/

NounEdit

ज़बान • (zabān) f (Urdu spelling زبان‏)

1. (anatomy, uncommon) tongue
2. language

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ज़बान
	singular	plural
direct	ज़बान (zabān)	ज़बानें (zabānẽ)
oblique	ज़बान (zabān)	ज़बानों (zabānõ)
vocative	ज़बान (zabān)	ज़बानो (zabāno)

SynonymsEdit

• (tongue): जीभ (jībh), लिसान (lisān)
• (language): लिसान (lisān), भाषा (bhāṣā), बोली (bolī)

Derived termsEdit

• मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān)