زه
Persian
noun
Definitions
- string of a musical stringed instrument
- bowstring
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH- (bowstring).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷiH-
Gloss
bowstring
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- βιός Ancient Greek
- *gʷiH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sinos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰāgʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- जीव Sanskrit
- ज्या Sanskrit
- *žila Proto-Slavic
- جِيبَ Arabic
- زيج Arabic
- ձագ Armenian
- زیگ Persian
- ձագ Old Armenian
- જ્યા Gujarati
- жила Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *ȷ́iHáH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- zīg Middle Persian
- ǰi Kalasha