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Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *jimáh.
Noun
زمستان • (zemestân)
- winter
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Persian (ẕmstʾn' /zamestān/), from Proto-Iranian *jimáh + Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (whence the suffix, ـِستَان (-estân, “-stan”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós (“cold, frost”).
Cognate with Northern Kurdish zivistan, Ossetian зымӕг (zymæg), Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊), Latin hiems, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Pashto ژمی (žaməy) / Pashto زمی (zaməy).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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zamistān
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| Dari reading?
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zimistān
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| Iranian reading?
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zemestân
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| Tajik reading?
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zimiston
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Noun
| Dari
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زمستان
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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зимистон
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زمستان • (zemestân) (plural زمستانها (zemestân-hâ))
- winter
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Gujarati: ઝમિસ્થાન (jhamisthān) (partial calque)
See also
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زمستان (zamistān).
Noun
زمستان • (zimastān, zamistān) m (Hindi spelling ज़िमस्तान)
- winter
- wisdom
- science