जिह्वा

जिह्वा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́iźʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵiĵʰwáH (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁‎ (hizuuā)), Persian زوان‎ (zavân)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁‎‎ (hizuuā‎), Old Latin dingua (whence Latin lingua), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō), Old Church Slavonic ѩзꙑкъ (językŭ), Old Prussian insuwis, Old Armenian լեզու (lezu), Old English tunge (whence English tongue).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑiɦ.ʋɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiɦ.ʋɑː/

Noun

जिह्वा • (jihvā́) f

1. tongue

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जिह्वा (jihvā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जिह्वा jihvā́	जिह्वे jihvé	जिह्वाः jihvā́ḥ
Vocative	जिह्वे jíhve	जिह्वे jíhve	जिह्वाः jíhvāḥ
Accusative	जिह्वाम् jihvā́m	जिह्वे jihvé	जिह्वाः jihvā́ḥ
Instrumental	जिह्वया / जिह्वा¹ jihváyā / jihvā́¹	जिह्वाभ्याम् jihvā́bhyām	जिह्वाभिः jihvā́bhiḥ
Dative	जिह्वायै jihvā́yai	जिह्वाभ्याम् jihvā́bhyām	जिह्वाभ्यः jihvā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जिह्वायाः jihvā́yāḥ	जिह्वाभ्याम् jihvā́bhyām	जिह्वाभ्यः jihvā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जिह्वायाः jihvā́yāḥ	जिह्वयोः jihváyoḥ	जिह्वानाम् jihvā́nām
Locative	जिह्वायाम् jihvā́yām	जिह्वयोः jihváyoḥ	जिह्वासु jihvā́su
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic: *jihvā́
  • Dameli: [script needed] (žip)
  • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (zib), [script needed] (zip)
  • Grangali: [script needed] (zip)
  • Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (zīb)
  • Kalami: [script needed] (ǰib)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (ǰip)
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (zĕv)
  • Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (ǰib)
  • Northeast Pashayi: [Term?] (zīp)
  • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (ǰib)
  • Phalura: [script needed] (ǰib)
  • Savi: [script needed] (žiba)
  • Shina: [script needed] (ǰip)
  • Shumashti: [script needed] (zīb)
  • Tirahi: [script needed] (ǰub)
  • Torwali: [script needed] (ǰīb)
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (zib)
• Helu: [Term?]
  • Dhivehi: ދޫ‎ (dū)
  • Sinhalese: දිව (diva)
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: জিভা (zibha)
  • Bengali: জিভ (jibh)
  • Mymensinghiya: জিবলা (zibla)
  • Sylheti: ꠎꠤꠙꠞꠣ (zifra)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Gujarati: જીભ (jībh)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: जीभ (jībh)
    • Urdu: جیبھ‎ (jībh)
  • Nepali: जिब्रो (jibro)
  • Punjabi: ਜੀਭ (jībh)
  • Romani: čhib
• → Telugu: జిహ్వ (jihva)
• → Tulu: ಜಿಹ್ವೆ (jihve)

See also

• लोला f (lolā)
• रसना f (rasanā)