What zubaan means
zubaan is written زبان in the Urdu script and means tongue / language in English. It belongs to the The Body vocabulary.
Forms of zubaan
zubaan is feminine: the plural adds -en (zubaanen) and the oblique plural -on (zubaanon). The singular does not change before a postposition.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Direct | زبان zubaan | زبانیں zubaanen |
| Oblique (before a postposition) | زبان zubaan | زبانوں zubaanon |
Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.
zubaan in example sentences
اردو ہماری قومی زبان ہے۔
Urdu is our national language. Tatoeba #1826970
عبرانی میری مادری زبان ہے۔
Hebrew is my mother tongue. Tatoeba #2043092
میں دو بیرونی زبانیں سیکھ رہا ہوں۔
I'm learning two foreign languages. Tatoeba #10812496
Uses the plural زبانیں.
3 of 35 Tatoeba sentences that use zubaan in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.
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