ziman

See also: Ziman

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hižwáH (compare Persian (zavân)/ (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)

language
(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