ज़बान

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Hindi

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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

Noun

ज़बान (zabānf (Urdu spelling زُبان or زَبان)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonyms: जीभ (jībh), जिह्वा (jihvā)
  2. 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?

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