ziman

See also: Ziman

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hižwáH (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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪˈmɑːn/

Noun

ziman m (Arabic spelling زمان)

  1. language
  2. (anatomy) tongue

Declension

Declension of ziman
definite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative ziman ziman
construct zimanê zimanên
oblique zimanî zimanan
demonstrative oblique wî zimanî wan zimanan
vocative zimano zimanino
indefinite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative zimanek zimanin
construct zimanekî zimanine
oblique zimanekî zimaninan

Derived terms

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