زمین
See also: زمين
Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *jáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [za.ˈmiːn]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zä.míːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zä.míːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zä.mín]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæ.míːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zä.mín]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | zamīn |
Dari reading? | zamīn |
Iranian reading? | zamin |
Tajik reading? | zamin |
Derived terms
- سرزمین (sarzamin)
- زمیندار (zamin-dâr)
- زمین خوردن (zamin xordan)
- زمین زدن (zamin zadan)
- زمینشناس (zamin-šenâs)
Derived terms
- زمینی (zamini)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: zəmin
- → Baluchi: زمین (zamīn)
- → Bengali: জমিন (jomin)
- → Hindustani:
- → Northern Kurdish: zemîn
- → Ottoman Turkish: زمین (zemin)
- > Turkish: zemin (inherited)
- → Punjabi:
- → Kannada: ಜಮೀನು (jamīnu)
- → Tamil: ஜமீன் (jamīṉ)
- → Turkmen: zemin
- → Sindhi: زمين (zamīnu)
- → Uyghur: زامىن (zamin)
- → Uzbek: zamin
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”). Compare Punjabi زمین (zamīn), Sindhi زمين (zamīnu).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.miːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
زَمِین • (zamīn) f (Hindi spelling ज़मीन)
- land, plot, estate (area)
- soil
- the earth, world (as opposed to the sky, heaven)
- surface, ground
- Synonym: فرش (farś)
- region, area
- country, land, homeland
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