"زبان" meaning in Persian

See زبان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [za.ˈβɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [zä.bɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [zʊ.bɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [zä.bɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [zʊ.bɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [zä.bɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [zʊ.bɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [zä.bɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [zu.bɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [zæ.bɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [zä.bɔ́n] [Tajik, formal], [zeˈbɒːn] (note: Hamadan) Audio: Fa-زبان.ogg [Iran] Forms: zabân [romanization], zobân [romanization], زبانها [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA) / [script needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /⁠uzwān⁠/) (Middle Persian 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /⁠izwān⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *hižwáH (compare Northern Kurdish ziman, Pashto ژبه (žəba), Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hīzuuā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (compare Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Urdu جِیبھ (jībh) / Hindi जीभ (jībh)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Old Prussian insuwis, Russian язы́к (jazýk), French langue, English tongue). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal||tr=ŠNA}} Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA), {{m|pal||tr=ʾwzwʾn'|ts=uzwān}} [script needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /⁠uzwān⁠/), {{cog|pal|𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗|tr=ʿzwʾn|ts=izwān}} Middle Persian 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /⁠izwān⁠/), {{der|fa|ira-pro|*hižwáH}} Proto-Iranian *hižwáH, {{cog|kmr|ziman}} Northern Kurdish ziman, {{cog|ps|ژبه|tr=žəba}} Pashto ژبه (žəba), {{cog|ae|𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁}} Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hīzuuā), {{der|fa|iir-pro|*ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, {{cog|sa|जिह्वा}} Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), {{cog|ur|جِیبھ|tr=jībh}} Urdu جِیبھ (jībh), {{cog|hi|जीभ}} Hindi जीभ (jībh), {{der|fa|ine-pro|*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s, {{cog|prg|insuwis}} Old Prussian insuwis, {{cog|ru|язы́к}} Russian язы́к (jazýk), {{cog|fr|langue}} French langue, {{cog|en|tongue}} English tongue Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|زبانها|||||f1tr=zabân-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=zabân, zobân|tr2=|tr3=}} زبان • (zabân, zobân) (plural زبانها (zabân-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=زبانها|pltr=zabân-hâ|tr=zabân, zobân}} زبان • (zabân, zobân) (plural زبانها (zabân-hâ))
  1. tongue (body part) Categories (topical): Organs
    Sense id: en-زبان-fa-noun-6qQYO8vv Disambiguation of Organs: 77 23
  2. language
    Sense id: en-زبان-fa-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: زفان (zofân, zafân), زوان (zovân, zavân), زوون (zoun, zowun), زبون (zabun) (english: in Iran) Derived forms: زبان اشاره (zabân-e ešâre), زبان مادری (zabân-e mâdari), زبانی (zabâni), زبانشناس (zabân-šenâs), زبانشناسی (zabân-šenâsi)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zabân-e ešâre",
      "word": "زبان اشاره"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zabân-e mâdari",
      "word": "زبان مادری"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zabâni",
      "word": "زبانی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zabân-šenâs",
      "word": "زبانشناس"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zabân-šenâsi",
      "word": "زبانشناسی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "জবান",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: জবান (joban)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: জবান (joban)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rhg",
            "2": "zuban",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rohingya: zuban",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rhg",
            "2": "𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕"
          },
          "expansion": "𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rohingya: zuban / 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani: zabān"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "ज़बान",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: ज़बान",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: ज़बान"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "زبان"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: زبان\n→ Phalura: zabaán",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: زبان\n→ Phalura: zabaán"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "زَبان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashmiri: زَبان (zabān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashmiri: زَبان (zabān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਜ਼ਬਾਨ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਜ਼ਬਾਨ (zabān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਜ਼ਬਾਨ (zabān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "zabon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: zabon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: zabon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "",
        "tr": "ŠNA"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "",
        "tr": "ʾwzwʾn'",
        "ts": "uzwān"
      },
      "expansion": "[script needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /⁠uzwān⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗",
        "tr": "ʿzwʾn",
        "ts": "izwān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /⁠izwān⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*hižwáH"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *hižwáH",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "ziman"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish ziman",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "ژبه",
        "tr": "žəba"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto ژبه (žəba)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hīzuuā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जिह्वा"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "جِیبھ",
        "tr": "jībh"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu جِیبھ (jībh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "जीभ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi जीभ (jībh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "insuwis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian insuwis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "язы́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian язы́к (jazýk)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "langue"
      },
      "expansion": "French langue",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "English tongue",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA) / [script needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /⁠uzwān⁠/) (Middle Persian 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /⁠izwān⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *hižwáH (compare Northern Kurdish ziman, Pashto ژبه (žəba), Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hīzuuā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (compare Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Urdu جِیبھ (jībh) / Hindi जीभ (jībh)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Old Prussian insuwis, Russian язы́к (jazýk), French langue, English tongue).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zabân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zobân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "زبانها",
      "roman": "zabân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "زبانها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "zabân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "zabân, zobân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "زبان • (zabân, zobân) (plural زبانها (zabân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "زبانها",
        "pltr": "zabân-hâ",
        "tr": "zabân, zobân"
      },
      "expansion": "زبان • (zabân, zobân) (plural زبانها (zabân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Organs",
          "orig": "fa:Organs",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue (body part)"
      ],
      "id": "en-زبان-fa-noun-6qQYO8vv",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the Urdu language, this word means \"big\".",
          "roman": "dar zabân-e ordu, in kalame be ma'ni-ye \"bozorg\" ast.",
          "text": "در زبان اردو، این کلمه به معنی « بزرگ » است.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "[This] brahman weighs his subtle wits with lips of Hindi lineage; he knows not the Persian nor the Turkish nor the Arabic tongues.\n(Mughal Persian)",
          "ref": "c. 1650, Čandra Bhān, دیوان برهمن [The Brahman's divan]",
          "roman": "barahman az lab-i hindī nažādān nukta mē-sanjad zabān-i pārsī u turkī u tāzī namē-dānad.",
          "text": "بَرَهْمَن اَز لَبِ هِنْدِی نَژَادَان نُکْتَه میسَنْجَد زَبَانِ پَارْسِی و تُرْکِی و تَازِی نَمیدَانَد.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]",
          "roman": "And God sent for Ābād's sake a book, Dasātir by name, within which there is all knowledge and every language.",
          "text": "وَ یَزْدَان بَهْرِ آبَاد نَامِهای فِرِسْتَاد دَسَاتیرِ نَام کِه دَر او هَر دَانِش و هَمِه زَبَان بود.\nva yazdân bahr-e âbâd nâme-i ferestâd dasâtir-e nâm ke dar u har dâneš o hame zabân bud.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "id": "en-زبان-fa-noun-pO8wS6Qq",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[za.ˈβɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zʊ.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zʊ.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zʊ.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zu.bɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zæ.bɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zeˈbɒːn]",
      "note": "Hamadan"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-زبان.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Fa-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg/Fa-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Fa-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Iran"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zofân, zafân",
      "word": "زفان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zovân, zavân",
      "word": "زوان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zoun, zowun",
      "word": "زوون"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "in Iran",
      "roman": "zabun",
      "word": "زبون"
    }
  ],
  "word": "زبان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with audio links",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms",
    "Yemeni Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yemeni Arabic lemmas",
    "Yemeni Arabic nouns",
    "ayn:Body parts",
    "fa:Organs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zabân-e ešâre",
      "word": "زبان اشاره"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zabân-e mâdari",
      "word": "زبان مادری"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zabâni",
      "word": "زبانی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zabân-šenâs",
      "word": "زبانشناس"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zabân-šenâsi",
      "word": "زبانشناسی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "জবান",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: জবান (joban)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: জবান (joban)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rhg",
            "2": "zuban",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rohingya: zuban",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rhg",
            "2": "𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕"
          },
          "expansion": "𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rohingya: zuban / 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani: zabān"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "ज़बान",
            "tr": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: ज़बान",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: ज़बान"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "زبان"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: زبان\n→ Phalura: zabaán",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: زبان\n→ Phalura: zabaán"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "زَبان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashmiri: زَبان (zabān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashmiri: زَبان (zabān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਜ਼ਬਾਨ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਜ਼ਬਾਨ (zabān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਜ਼ਬਾਨ (zabān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "zabon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: zabon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: zabon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "",
        "tr": "ŠNA"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "",
        "tr": "ʾwzwʾn'",
        "ts": "uzwān"
      },
      "expansion": "[script needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /⁠uzwān⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗",
        "tr": "ʿzwʾn",
        "ts": "izwān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /⁠izwān⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*hižwáH"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *hižwáH",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "ziman"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish ziman",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "ژبه",
        "tr": "žəba"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto ژبه (žəba)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hīzuuā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जिह्वा"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "جِیبھ",
        "tr": "jībh"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu جِیبھ (jībh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "जीभ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi जीभ (jībh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "insuwis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian insuwis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "язы́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian язы́к (jazýk)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "langue"
      },
      "expansion": "French langue",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "English tongue",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA) / [script needed] (ʾwzwʾn' /⁠uzwān⁠/) (Middle Persian 𐫙𐫉𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʿzwʾn /⁠izwān⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *hižwáH (compare Northern Kurdish ziman, Pashto ژبه (žəba), Avestan 𐬵𐬍𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hīzuuā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (compare Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Urdu جِیبھ (jībh) / Hindi जीभ (jībh)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Old Prussian insuwis, Russian язы́к (jazýk), French langue, English tongue).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zabân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zobân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "زبانها",
      "roman": "zabân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "زبانها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "zabân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "zabân, zobân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "زبان • (zabân, zobân) (plural زبانها (zabân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "زبانها",
        "pltr": "zabân-hâ",
        "tr": "zabân, zobân"
      },
      "expansion": "زبان • (zabân, zobân) (plural زبانها (zabân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tongue (body part)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations",
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the Urdu language, this word means \"big\".",
          "roman": "dar zabân-e ordu, in kalame be ma'ni-ye \"bozorg\" ast.",
          "text": "در زبان اردو، این کلمه به معنی « بزرگ » است.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "[This] brahman weighs his subtle wits with lips of Hindi lineage; he knows not the Persian nor the Turkish nor the Arabic tongues.\n(Mughal Persian)",
          "ref": "c. 1650, Čandra Bhān, دیوان برهمن [The Brahman's divan]",
          "roman": "barahman az lab-i hindī nažādān nukta mē-sanjad zabān-i pārsī u turkī u tāzī namē-dānad.",
          "text": "بَرَهْمَن اَز لَبِ هِنْدِی نَژَادَان نُکْتَه میسَنْجَد زَبَانِ پَارْسِی و تُرْکِی و تَازِی نَمیدَانَد.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]",
          "roman": "And God sent for Ābād's sake a book, Dasātir by name, within which there is all knowledge and every language.",
          "text": "وَ یَزْدَان بَهْرِ آبَاد نَامِهای فِرِسْتَاد دَسَاتیرِ نَام کِه دَر او هَر دَانِش و هَمِه زَبَان بود.\nva yazdân bahr-e âbâd nâme-i ferestâd dasâtir-e nâm ke dar u har dâneš o hame zabân bud.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[za.ˈβɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zʊ.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zʊ.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zʊ.bɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zu.bɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zæ.bɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zä.bɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[zeˈbɒːn]",
      "note": "Hamadan"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-زبان.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Fa-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg/Fa-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Fa-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Iran"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zofân, zafân",
      "word": "زفان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zovân, zavân",
      "word": "زوان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zoun, zowun",
      "word": "زوون"
    },
    {
      "english": "in Iran",
      "roman": "zabun",
      "word": "زبون"
    }
  ],
  "word": "زبان"
}

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