زمین

From Proto-Iranian *jā́h, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰā́s, 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 *jā́h, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰā́s, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

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

زَمین • (zamin) (plural زمین‌ها)

1. earth
2. land

   Synonym: سرزمین (sarzamin)

3. soil

   Synonyms: خاک (xâk), سرزمین (sarzamin)

4. ground
5. estate

   Synonym: ملک (melk)

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) ^[edit]

• 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, 2025

Borrowed from Classical Persian زَمِین (zamīn). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi زمین (zmyn /⁠zamīn⁠/).^[1] Compare Punjabi زمین (zamīn), Sindhi زَمِينُ (zamīnu).

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

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: دُنْیَا (dunyā), دَھرْتِی (dhartī)

5. surface, ground

   Synonym: فَرْش (farś)

6. region, area

   Synonyms: خِطَّا (xittā), اَرْض (arz), عِلَاقَہ ('ilāqa)

7. country, land, homeland

   Synonyms: وَطَن (vatan), دیس (des), سَرْزَمِین (sarzamīn)

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• “زمین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “زمین”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]