زمین

From Proto-Iranian *jáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

زمین • (zamín)

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

• زمی (zami) (archaic, dialectal)

From earlier زمی (zamī), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, “earth”), from Proto-Iranian *jáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Indo-Iranian cognates include: Northern Kurdish zevî, Northern Luri زمی (zemi), Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊), Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)

Readings
Classical reading?	zamīn
Dari reading?	zamīn
Iranian reading?	zamin
Tajik reading?	zamin

Dari	زمین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	замин

زَمین • (zamin) (plural زمین‌ها (zamin-hâ))

1. earth
2. land

   Synonym: سرزمین (sarzamin)

3. soil

   Synonyms: خاک (xâk), سرزمین (sarzamin)

4. ground
5. estate

   Synonym: ملک (melk)

Dari	زمین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	замин

زَمین • (za‌min)

2. Earth

• زمینی (zamini)

• → Azerbaijani: zəmin
• → Baluchi: زمین (zamīn)
• → Bengali: জমিন (jomin), জমিঁ (jomĩ), জমি (jomi)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ज़मीन (zamīn)
  • Urdu: زمین (zamīn)
• → Northern Kurdish: zemîn
• → Odia: ଜମିନ୍ (jamin), ଜମି (jami)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زمین (zemin)
  • > Turkish: zemin (inherited)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਮੀਨ (zamīn), ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂ (zimī̃)
  • Shahmukhi script: زمین (zamīn)
• → Kannada: ಜಮೀನು (jamīnu)
• → Tamil: ஜமீன் (jamīṉ)
• → Turkmen: zemin
• → Sindhi: زمين (zamīnu)
• → Uyghur: زامىن (zamin)
• → Uzbek: zamin

• (planets of the Solar System) سیاره‌های منظومه شمسی (sayyâre-hâ-ye manzume-ye šamsi); تیر (tir), ناهید (nâhid), زمین (zamin), مریخ (merrix), مشتری (moštari), زحل (zohal), اورانوس (urânus), نپتون (neptun)

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زمین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zamīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 98

• زِمِیں (zimīṉ)

Borrowed from Classical Persian زمین (zamīn). Compare Urdu زمین.

• IPA^(key): /zə.miːnə̆/, /d͡ʒə.miːnə̆/

زَمِین • (zamīn) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਮੀਨ)

1. earth, land, ground, soil

   Synonym: بھوئیں (bho'eṉ)

2. base, foundation
3. fields, property

   Synonym: ਭੋਏਂ (bhoē̃)

4. (art) ground, field, background

• “ਜਮੀਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Borrowed from Classical Persian زَمِین (zamīn), from earlier زَمِی, from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, “earth”). Compare Punjabi زمین (zamīn), Sindhi زمين (zamīnu).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.miːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

زَمِین • (zamīn) f (Hindi spelling ज़मीन)

1. land, plot, estate (area)
2. soil

   Synonyms: مِٹّی (miṭṭī), خاک (xāk)

4. the earth, world (as opposed to the sky, heaven)

   Synonyms: دنیا (duniyā), دھرتی (dhartī)

5. surface, ground

   Synonym: فرش (farś)

6. region, area

   Synonyms: خطا (xittā), ارض (arz), علاقہ (ilāqa)

7. country, land, homeland

   Synonyms: وطن (vatan), دیس (des), سرزمین (sarzamīn)

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Declension of زمین
	singular	plural
direct	زمین (zamīn)	زمینیں (zamīnẽ)
oblique	زمین (zamīn)	زمینوں (zamīnõ)
vocative	زمین (zamīn)	زمینو (zamīno)

• “زمین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “زمین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.