See زبان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "به زبان آوردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "language change",
"word": "تحول زبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "دستور زبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "bilingual",
"word": "دوزبانه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "language shift",
"word": "دگرگشت زبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان آمیخته"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "sign language",
"roman": "zabân-e ešâre",
"word": "زبان اشاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان اقلیت"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان اول"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان بره"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان برونی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان بومی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان تحلیلی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان ترکیبی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان تماس"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان دختر"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان درونی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان رسمی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان ساختگی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان صوری"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان طبیعی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان فراساخته"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "zabân-e mâdari",
"word": "زبان مادری"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان ماشین"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"topics": [
"language",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "زبان مجاز"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "dead language",
"word": "زبان مرده"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "lingua franca, interlingua",
"word": "زبان میانجی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان پیوندی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
],
"topics": [
"language",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "زبان کمکی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "زبان گنجشک"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "orally, verbally",
"roman": "zabânan",
"word": "زباناً"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "zabâni",
"word": "زبانی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "zabân-šenâs",
"word": "زبانشناس"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "zabân-šenâsi",
"word": "زبانشناسی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "metalanguage",
"word": "فرازبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "language acquisition",
"word": "فراگیری زبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "لغزش زبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "pidgin",
"word": "نیمزبان"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "چندزبانه"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "zəban",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: zəban",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: zəban"
},
{
"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": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Rohingya:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Rohingya:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rhg",
"2": "zuban",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: zuban",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: zuban"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rhg",
"2": "𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "ज़बान"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: ज़बान (zabān)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: ज़बान (zabān)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "زَبَان"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: زَبَان (zabān), زُباں (zubā̃) — poetic\n→ Phalura: zabaán",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: زَبَان (zabān), زُباں (zubā̃) — poetic\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": "syl",
"2": "ꠎꠛꠣꠘ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sylheti: ꠎꠛꠣꠘ (zoban)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sylheti: ꠎꠛꠣꠘ (zoban)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "zabon",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: zabon",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: zabon"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "ŠNA",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "",
"tr": "ŠNA"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA)",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"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": "Inherited 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).",
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{
"form": "zabân",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "zobân",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "زبانها",
"roman": "zabân-hâ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "زفان",
"roman": "zofân, zafân",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "زوان",
"roman": "zovân, zavân",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "زوون",
"roman": "zoun, zowun",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "زبون",
"roman": "zabun",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"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": [],
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"bold_english_offsets": [
[
7,
13
]
],
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4,
10
]
],
"english": "On his tongue the name of God\nAnd in his soul stenches from his infidel thought.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 269:",
"roman": "bar zabān nām-i haqq u dar jān-i ō\ngand-hā az fikr-i bē-īmān-i ō",
"text": "بَر زَبَان نَامِ حَقّ و دَر جَانِ او\nگَنْدهَا اَز فِکْرِ بیاِیمَانِ او",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
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9,
15
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
23
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],
"english": "May your tongue never be far from my mouth for even a moment,\nSo that your minuscule mouth never gets far from my lips.",
"ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 184:",
"roman": "mabād az dahan-i man damē zabān-i tō dūr\nki az labam našawad zarra-yi dahān-i tō dūr",
"text": "مباد از دهن من دمی زبان تو دور\nکه از لبم نشود ذره دهان تو دور",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"tongue (body part)"
],
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"tongue",
"tongue"
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"_dis": "2 19 2 19 4 19 4 15 5 3 2 2 5",
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"_dis": "0 23 1 23 2 23 2 19 3 1 0 1 1",
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"name": "Yemeni Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "3 97",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 92",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Organs",
"orig": "fa:Organs",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
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12,
20
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4,
9
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[
3,
7
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],
"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"
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{
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55,
61
]
],
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[
31,
37
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],
"english": "Oh, many are the Indians and Turks that speak the same tongue; oh, many the pair of Turks that are as strangers [to each other].",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1206:",
"roman": "ay basā hindū u turk-i ham zabān\nay basā dū turk čōn bēgānagān",
"text": "اَی بَسَا هِنْدُو و تُرْکِ هَم زَبَان\nاَی بَسَا دُو تُرْک چون بیگَانَگَان",
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121,
128
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],
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55,
62
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"english": "[This] brahman weighs his subtle wits with lips of Hindi lineage\nhe knows not the Persian nor the Turkish nor the Arabic tongues.",
"ref": "c. 1650, Čandra Bhān, دیوان برهمن [The Brahman's divan]:",
"roman": "barahman az lab-i hindī nažādān nukta mē-sanjad\nzabān-i pārsī u turkī u tāzī namē-dānad.",
"text": "بَرَهْمَن اَز لَبِ هِنْدِی نَژَادَان نُکْتَه میسَنْجَد\nزَبَانِ پَارْسِی و تُرْکِی و تَازِی نَمیدَانَد.",
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100,
108
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90,
96
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"english": "And God sent for Ābād's sake a book, Dasātir by name, within which there is all knowledge and every language.",
"ref": "c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:",
"roman": "va yazdân bahr-e âbâd nâme-i ferestâd dasâtir-e nâm ke dar u har dâneš o hame zabân bud.",
"text": "وَ یَزْدَان بَهْرِ آبَاد نَامِهای فِرِسْتَاد دَسَاتیرِ نَام کِه دَر او هَر دَانِش و هَمِه زَبَان بود.",
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}
],
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"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"
},
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}
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"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"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",
"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": [
{
"word": "به زبان آوردن"
},
{
"english": "language change",
"word": "تحول زبان"
},
{
"word": "دستور زبان"
},
{
"english": "bilingual",
"word": "دوزبانه"
},
{
"english": "language shift",
"word": "دگرگشت زبان"
},
{
"word": "زبان آمیخته"
},
{
"english": "sign language",
"roman": "zabân-e ešâre",
"word": "زبان اشاره"
},
{
"word": "زبان اقلیت"
},
{
"word": "زبان اول"
},
{
"word": "زبان بره"
},
{
"word": "زبان برونی"
},
{
"word": "زبان بومی"
},
{
"word": "زبان تحلیلی"
},
{
"word": "زبان ترکیبی"
},
{
"word": "زبان تماس"
},
{
"word": "زبان دختر"
},
{
"word": "زبان درونی"
},
{
"word": "زبان رسمی"
},
{
"word": "زبان ساختگی"
},
{
"word": "زبان صوری"
},
{
"word": "زبان طبیعی"
},
{
"word": "زبان فراساخته"
},
{
"roman": "zabân-e mâdari",
"word": "زبان مادری"
},
{
"word": "زبان ماشین"
},
{
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"topics": [
"language",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "زبان مجاز"
},
{
"english": "dead language",
"word": "زبان مرده"
},
{
"english": "lingua franca, interlingua",
"word": "زبان میانجی"
},
{
"word": "زبان پیوندی"
},
{
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
],
"topics": [
"language",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "زبان کمکی"
},
{
"word": "زبان گنجشک"
},
{
"english": "orally, verbally",
"roman": "zabânan",
"word": "زباناً"
},
{
"roman": "zabâni",
"word": "زبانی"
},
{
"roman": "zabân-šenâs",
"word": "زبانشناس"
},
{
"roman": "zabân-šenâsi",
"word": "زبانشناسی"
},
{
"english": "metalanguage",
"word": "فرازبان"
},
{
"english": "language acquisition",
"word": "فراگیری زبان"
},
{
"word": "لغزش زبان"
},
{
"english": "pidgin",
"word": "نیمزبان"
},
{
"word": "چندزبانه"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "zəban",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: zəban",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: zəban"
},
{
"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": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Rohingya:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Rohingya:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rhg",
"2": "zuban",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: zuban",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: zuban"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rhg",
"2": "𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴎𐴟𐴁𐴝𐴕 (zuban)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "ज़बान"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: ज़बान (zabān)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: ज़बान (zabān)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "زَبَان"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: زَبَان (zabān), زُباں (zubā̃) — poetic\n→ Phalura: zabaán",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: زَبَان (zabān), زُباں (zubā̃) — poetic\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": "syl",
"2": "ꠎꠛꠣꠘ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sylheti: ꠎꠛꠣꠘ (zoban)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sylheti: ꠎꠛꠣꠘ (zoban)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "zabon",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: zabon",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: zabon"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "ŠNA",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "",
"tr": "ŠNA"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (ŠNA)",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"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": "Inherited 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"
]
},
{
"form": "زفان",
"roman": "zofân, zafân",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "زوان",
"roman": "zovân, zavân",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "زوون",
"roman": "zoun, zowun",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "زبون",
"roman": "zabun",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"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": [
"Persian terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
7,
13
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
10
]
],
"english": "On his tongue the name of God\nAnd in his soul stenches from his infidel thought.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 269:",
"roman": "bar zabān nām-i haqq u dar jān-i ō\ngand-hā az fikr-i bē-īmān-i ō",
"text": "بَر زَبَان نَامِ حَقّ و دَر جَانِ او\nگَنْدهَا اَز فِکْرِ بیاِیمَانِ او",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
23
]
],
"english": "May your tongue never be far from my mouth for even a moment,\nSo that your minuscule mouth never gets far from my lips.",
"ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 184:",
"roman": "mabād az dahan-i man damē zabān-i tō dūr\nki az labam našawad zarra-yi dahān-i tō dūr",
"text": "مباد از دهن من دمی زبان تو دور\nکه از لبم نشود ذره دهان تو دور",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tongue (body part)"
],
"links": [
[
"tongue",
"tongue"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with quotations",
"Persian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
12,
20
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
4,
9
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
7
]
],
"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"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
55,
61
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
37
]
],
"english": "Oh, many are the Indians and Turks that speak the same tongue; oh, many the pair of Turks that are as strangers [to each other].",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1206:",
"roman": "ay basā hindū u turk-i ham zabān\nay basā dū turk čōn bēgānagān",
"text": "اَی بَسَا هِنْدُو و تُرْکِ هَم زَبَان\nاَی بَسَا دُو تُرْک چون بیگَانَگَان",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
121,
128
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
55,
62
]
],
"english": "[This] brahman weighs his subtle wits with lips of Hindi lineage\nhe knows not the Persian nor the Turkish nor the Arabic tongues.",
"ref": "c. 1650, Čandra Bhān, دیوان برهمن [The Brahman's divan]:",
"roman": "barahman az lab-i hindī nažādān nukta mē-sanjad\nzabān-i pārsī u turkī u tāzī namē-dānad.",
"text": "بَرَهْمَن اَز لَبِ هِنْدِی نَژَادَان نُکْتَه میسَنْجَد\nزَبَانِ پَارْسِی و تُرْکِی و تَازِی نَمیدَانَد.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
100,
108
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
90,
96
]
],
"english": "And God sent for Ābād's sake a book, Dasātir by name, within which there is all knowledge and every language.",
"ref": "c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:",
"roman": "va yazdân bahr-e âbâd nâme-i ferestâd dasâtir-e nâm ke dar u har dâneš o hame zabân bud.",
"text": "وَ یَزْدَان بَهْرِ آبَاد نَامِهای فِرِسْتَاد دَسَاتیرِ نَام کِه دَر او هَر دَانِش و هَمِه زَبَان بود.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"word": "زبان"
}
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