From earlier زمی (zami), from Middle Persian zmyk' (zamīg, “earth”), from Proto-Iranian *jáHs (compare Northern Kurdish zevî, Northern Luri زمی (zemi), Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs (compare Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (compare Russian земля́ (zemljá), Latvian zeme, Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)). apparently so, that's pretty cool.on the other hand, Persian and my language use a lot of Russian loan-words too
'zameen' means the same thing in Persian actually. I know they're basically directly related languages, but for some reason it always surprises me how many cognates there are.
apparently so, that's pretty cool.
on the other hand, Persian and my language use a lot of Russian loan-words too