Hindi ज़बान

← Persian زبان (borrowed)

← Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs (derived)

← Proto-Iranian *hižwaHh (derived)

← Middle Persian ŠNA (derived)

← Middle Persian ʾwzwʾn' (mention)

→ Hindi मादरी ज़बान (mention)

→ Hindi बरज़बान (compound)

→ Hindi बेज़बान (prefix)