Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *jimáh.

Noun

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زمستان (zemestân)

  1. winter

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Term?] (ẕmstʾn' /⁠zamestān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *jimáh + Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (whence the suffix, ـِستَان (-estân, -stan)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós (cold, frost).

Cognate with Northern Kurdish zivistan, Ossetian зымӕг (zymæg), Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊), Latin hiems, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Pashto ژمی (žaməy) / Pashto زمی (zaməy).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zamistān
Dari reading? zimistān
Iranian reading? zemestân
Tajik reading? zimiston

Noun

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Dari زمستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik зимистон

زمستان (zemestân) (plural زمستان‌ها (zemestân-hâ))

  1. winter

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gujarati: ઝમિસ્થાન (jhamisthān) (partial calque)

See also

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Seasons in Persian · فَصْل (fasl) (layout · text) · category
بَهار (bahâr, spring) تابِسْتان (tâbestân, summer) پاییز (pâyiz, autumn) زِمِسْتان (zemestân, winter)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian زمستان (zamistān).

Noun

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زمستان (zimastān, zamistānm (Hindi spelling ज़िमस्तान)

  1. winter
  2. wisdom
  3. science
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