ज़ेह
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /zeːɦ/, [zeːʱ], /d͡ʒeːɦ/, [d͡ʒeːʱ]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian زه (za'f), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH. Doublet of ज्या (jyā).
Noun
ज़ेह • (zeh) m (Urdu spelling زہ)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian زه (za'f), from Arabic ضَعْف (ḍaʕf).
Noun
ज़ेह • (zeh) m
- (rare) childbirth
Related terms
- दर्द-ए-ज़ेह (dard-e-zeh)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जेह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “zeh”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.