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زمین

زمین

Baluchi

Noun

زمین (zamín)

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. ground
  4. soil

Persian

Alternative forms

  • زمی (zami) (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier زمی (zami), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, earth), from Proto-Iranian (compare Kurdish zevî, Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (compare Russian земля́ (zemljá), Latvian zeme, Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari زمین
Iranian Persian زمین
Tajik замин (zamin)

زمین (zamin) (plural زمین‌ها (zamin-hâ))

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. soil
  4. ground

Synonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

زمین (Zamin)

  1. Earth

Derived terms

See also

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “zamīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 98

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian زمین (zamin).

Noun

زمین (zamīn) f (Hindi spelling ज़मीन)

  1. earth
  2. Earth
  3. land
  4. soil
  5. floor
  6. ground
  7. foundation