ziman

Meaning

1. (masculine) language
2. (masculine) tongue

Concepts

tongue

👅

language

speech

vernacular

voice

language

Mandarin

🍊

linguistic communication

Forro

natural language

Synonyms

زمان

Translations

lingua

👅

lengua

👅

dil

langue

👅

lenga

língua

👅

lingua

👅

γλώσσα

Sprache

llengua

👅

tong

👅

taal

Zunge

👅

idioma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɪˈmɑːn/

Etymology

Cognate with Persian: زوان

Cognate with Pashto: ژبه

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁

Cognate with Sanskrit: जिह्वा

Cognate with Hindi: जीभ

Cognate with Prussian: insuwis

Cognate with Russian: язы́к

Cognate with French: langue

Cognate with English: tongue

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *hijwáH (compare Persian زوان (zavân)/زبان (zabân), Pashto ژبه (žəba), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hizuuā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (compare Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Hindi जीभ (jībh)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Old Prussian insuwis, Russian язы́к (jazýk), French langue, English tongue).
The expected sound development would be *zivan, however it seems Kurdish does not allow -z- followed by -m- as it does not with -š- and -m-/-n- (compare the sound changes in jimartin, nas, hîn etc.), therefore the earlier -*w- shifted into -m- instead. The Southern Kurdish زوان (zwan) was preserved because of Hawrami influence.

Sentences

Ziman dewlemendî ye.

Language is wealth.

Însan bi ziman civakî dibe .

Man becomes social through language.

Hezkirin bi ziman û qiseyan dibe .

Love is through language and stories.

Divê îro jî her dildar û evîndarê ziman be.

Even today, everyone should be a lover of the language.

Di devê me de ziman û diran hene.

We have tongue and teeth in our mouth.

Ji bo vî ziman ne bê qêmet e.

It is not without value for this language.