𐏃𐏀𐎴𐎶

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hižwáH.

Noun

𐏃𐏀𐎴𐎶 (h-z-n-m /hizānam/) (accusative singular)

1. tongue
2. language

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /⁠izwān⁠/)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠNA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /⁠uzwān⁠/)

  • Classical Persian:
    • Iranian Persian: زبان (zabân)
    • Tajik: забон (zabon)
  • → Baluchi: زوان (zawán)
  • → Caspian:
    • Mazanderani: [script needed] (zevon)
  • → Northern Kurdish: azmān, zimān
    • Zazaki: zıwan
  • → Larestani-Gulf:
    • Kumzari: [script needed] (zuwān)
    • Northern Luri: [script needed] (zabu)
  • → Middle Median: *zivān
    • Talysh:

      Cyrillic script: зывон

      Latin script: zıvon

  • → Ormuri-Parachi:
    • Ormuri: [script needed] (zubān)
    • Parachi: zubân, bân
  • → Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫉𐫁𐫀𐫗 (ʿzbʾn /⁠izβān⁠/)