ज़बान

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zə.bɑːn/

Noun

ज़बान • (zabān) f (Urdu spelling زبان‎)

(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
	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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