زمین

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Noun

زمین (zamín)

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. ground
  4. soil

Persian

Alternative forms

  • زمی (zami) (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier زمی (zami), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, earth), from Proto-Iranian *jáHs (compare Northern Kurdish zevî, Northern Luri زمی (zemi), Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs (compare Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (compare Russian земля́ (zemljá), Latvian zeme, Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /zaˈmin/

Noun

Dari زمین
Iranian Persian
Tajik замин (zamin)

زمین (zamin) (plural زمین‌ها (zamin-hâ))

  1. earth
  2. Earth
  3. land
  4. soil
  5. ground
  6. estate

Synonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

زمین (zamin)

  1. Earth

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bengali: জমিন (jomin)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़मीन (zamīn)
    Urdu: زمین (zamīn)
  • Ottoman Turkish: زمین (zemin)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਮੀਨ (zamīn), ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂ (zimī̃)
    Punjabi: زمین (zamīn)

See also

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “zamīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 98

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمین (zamin), from earlier زمی (zami), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, earth).

Pronunciation

Noun

زَمِین (zamīn) f (Hindi spelling ज़मीन)

  1. land, plot, estate (area)
  2. soil
    Synonyms: مِٹّی (miṭṭī), خاک (xāk)
  3. the Earth, world (as opposed to the sky, heaven)
    Synonyms: دنیا (duniyā), دھرتی (dhartī)
  4. surface, ground
    Synonym: فرش (farś)
  5. region, area
    Synonyms: خطا (xittā), ارض (arz), علاقہ (ilāqa)
  6. country, land, homeland
    Synonyms: وطن (vatan), دیس (des), سرزمین (sarzamīn)
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Declension

Declension of زمین
singular plural
direct زمین (zamīn) زمینیں (zamīnẽ)
oblique زمین (zamīn) زمینوں (zamīnõ)
vocative زمین (zamīn) زمینو (zamīno)

References

  • زمین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زمین”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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