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Hindi
Etymology
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 Odia ଜ଼ବାନ୍ (zåbān), Bengali জবান (joban), Gujarati જબાન (jabān).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /zə.bɑːn/, , /d͡ʒə.bɑːn/,
Noun
ज़बान • (zabān) f (Urdu spelling زُبان or زَبان)
- (anatomy) tongue
- Synonyms: जीभ (jībh), जिह्वा (jihvā)
- language
- Synonyms: भाषा (bhāṣā), बोली (bolī), लिसान (lisān)
हिन्दी के उपरान्त, तुम्हें और कौन-सी ज़बानें आती हैं?- hindī ke uprānt, tumhẽ aur kaun-sī zabānẽ ātī ha͠i?
- Besides Hindi, what other languages do you know?
Declension
Declension of ज़बान (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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ज़बान zabān
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ज़बानें zabānẽ
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oblique
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ज़बान zabān
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ज़बानों zabānõ
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vocative
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ज़बान zabān
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ज़बानो zabāno
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Derived terms