Where does “زبان” come from?
زبان (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian زبان, from Middle Persian ŠNA, from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.
زبان (Urdu): tongue; language
Ancestry of “زبان”, step by step
Words derived from “زبان”