زمستان

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Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jimáh.

Noun

زمستان • (zemestân)

  1. 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

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? zamistān
Dari reading? zimistān
Iranian reading? zemestân
Tajik reading? zimiston

Noun

Dari زمستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik зимистон

زمستان • (zemestân) (plural زمستان‌ها (zemestân-hâ))

  1. winter

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Gujarati: ઝમિસ્થાન (jhamisthān) (partial calque)

See also

Seasons in Persian · فَصْل (fasl) (layout · text) · category
بَهار (bahâr, “spring”) تابِسْتان (tâbestân, “summer”) پاییز (pâyiz, “autumn”) زِمِسْتان (zemestân, “winter”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمستان (zamistān).

Noun

زمستان • (zimastān, zamistān) m (Hindi spelling ज़िमस्तान)

  1. winter
  2. wisdom
  3. science
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