See زبان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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"roman": "iśārõ kī zubān",
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},
{
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"roman": "iśārātī zubān",
"word": "اِشَارَاتِی زُبَان"
},
{
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"english": "sign language",
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},
{
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"english": "verbally, orally; by memory",
"roman": "zubānī",
"word": "زُبَانِی"
},
{
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"word": "مَادْرِی زُبَان"
}
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{
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"2": "zabaán",
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},
"expansion": "→ Phalura: zabaán",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Phalura: zabaán"
}
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"1": "ur",
"2": "fa-cls",
"3": "زبان",
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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"1": "ur",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c",
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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"2": "hi-mid",
"3": "زبان",
"ts": "zabān"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
},
{
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"2": "جِیبھ"
},
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}
],
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},
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]
},
{
"form": "zabān",
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"romanization"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "ज़बान",
"tags": [
"Hindi"
]
},
{
"form": "ज़ुबान",
"tags": [
"Hindi"
]
},
{
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"poetic"
]
}
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}
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],
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}
],
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],
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[
"anatomy",
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],
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"tongue",
"tongue"
]
],
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"(anatomy) tongue"
],
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"word": "جِیبھ"
},
{
"word": "لِسان"
}
],
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"medicine",
"sciences"
]
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}
],
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],
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"language"
],
[
"vernacular",
"vernacular"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "لِسان"
},
{
"word": "بولِی"
},
{
"word": "بھاکھا"
},
{
"word": "بھاشا"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the manner of speaking"
],
"id": "en-زبان-ur-noun-33as~rnm",
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[
"manner",
"manner"
],
[
"speaking",
"speaking"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) the manner of speaking"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"word (i.e. a promise)"
],
"id": "en-زبان-ur-noun-bGPysJLN",
"links": [
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"promise",
"promise#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the tip (of a pen; flame of a candle etc.)"
],
"id": "en-زبان-ur-noun-xhLCNRGg",
"links": [
[
"tip",
"tip"
],
[
"pen",
"pen#English"
],
[
"flame",
"flame#English"
],
[
"candle",
"candle#English"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/zə.bɑːn/",
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Urdu"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/zʊ.bɑːn/",
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Urdu"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːn"
}
],
"word": "زبان"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Urdu/ɑːn",
"Urdu doublets",
"Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
"Urdu feminine nouns",
"Urdu lemmas",
"Urdu nouns",
"Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
"Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian",
"Urdu terms derived from Middle Hindi",
"Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Urdu terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
"Urdu terms inherited from Middle Hindi",
"Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yemeni Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"Yemeni Arabic lemmas",
"Yemeni Arabic nouns",
"ayn:Body parts",
"ur:Language",
"ur:Organs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "sign language",
"roman": "iśārõ kī zubān",
"word": "اِشَاروں کِی زُبَان"
},
{
"english": "sign language",
"roman": "iśārātī zubān",
"word": "اِشَارَاتِی زُبَان"
},
{
"english": "sign language",
"roman": "zubān-i iśāra",
"word": "زُبَانِ اِشَارَہ"
},
{
"english": "verbally, orally; by memory",
"roman": "zubānī",
"word": "زُبَانِی"
},
{
"english": "mother tongue, native language",
"roman": "mādrī zubān",
"word": "مَادْرِی زُبَان"
}
],
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"2": "zabaán",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Phalura: zabaán",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
],
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"2": "fa-cls",
"3": "زبان",
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},
{
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},
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"1": "ur",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "ur",
"2": "hi-mid",
"3": "زبان",
"ts": "zabān"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "",
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},
{
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"1": "ur",
"2": "جِیبھ"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of جِیبھ (jībh)",
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],
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{
"form": "زَبان",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "زُبان",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "zubān",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ज़बान",
"tags": [
"Hindi"
]
},
{
"form": "ज़ुबान",
"tags": [
"Hindi"
]
},
{
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"poetic"
]
}
],
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"name": "ur-noun"
}
],
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],
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"word": "جِیبھ"
},
{
"word": "لِسان"
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"medicine",
"sciences"
]
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],
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"language",
"language"
],
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"vernacular",
"vernacular"
]
],
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{
"word": "لِسان"
},
{
"word": "بولِی"
},
{
"word": "بھاکھا"
},
{
"word": "بھاشا"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the manner of speaking"
],
"links": [
[
"manner",
"manner"
],
[
"speaking",
"speaking"
]
],
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],
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]
},
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"glosses": [
"word (i.e. a promise)"
],
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[
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],
[
"promise",
"promise#English"
]
]
},
{
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],
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[
"tip",
"tip"
],
[
"pen",
"pen#English"
],
[
"flame",
"flame#English"
],
[
"candle",
"candle#English"
]
]
}
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"Standard",
"Urdu"
]
},
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"Urdu"
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{
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}
],
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}
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