ज़बान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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 Bengali জবান (joban), Gujarati જબાન (jabān).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

(anatomy) tongue
Synonyms: जीभ (jībh), जिह्वा (jihvā)
language
Synonyms: भाषा (bhāṣā), बोली (bolī), लिसान (lisān)

उर्दू के अलावा तुम्हें कौनसी ज़बानें आती हैं?
urdū ke alāvā tumhẽ kaunsī zabānẽ ātī ha͠i?
Besides Urdu, what other languages do you know?

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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