ज़बान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (zabân), from Middle Persian ŠNA / ʾwzwʾn' (uzwān), from Proto-Iranian *hižwaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zə.bɑːn/, [zə.bä̃ːn̪], /d͡ʒə.bɑːn/, [d͡ʒə.bä̃ːn̪]

Noun

ज़बान • (zabān) f (Urdu spelling زُبان‎ or زَبان‎)

(anatomy) tongue
Synonyms: जीभ (jībh), जिह्वा (jihvā)
language
उर्दू के अलावा तुम्हें कौनसी ज़बानें आती हैं?
urdū ke alāvā tumhẽ kaunsī zabānẽ ātī ha͠i?
Besides Urdu, what other languages do you know?

Synonyms: भाषा (bhāṣā), बोली (bolī), लिसान (lisān)

Declension

Declension of ज़बान (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़बान zabān	ज़बानें zabānẽ
oblique	ज़बान zabān	ज़बानों zabānõ
vocative	ज़बान zabān	ज़बानो zabāno

Alternative forms

ज़ुबान (zubān), ज़ुबाँ (zubā̃), ज़बाँ (zabā̃) – poetic

Derived terms

मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān, “mothertongue”)

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