zivistan
Definition of zivistan
winter, wintertime
Other forms
zimistan
Etymology
From Avestan zyam- "winter".
From Proto-Indo-European root meaning *gheim- "winter."
Sanskrit heman "in winter",
Hittite gimmant-,
Greek kheima,
Latin hiems,
Old Church Slavonic zima,
Lithuanian žiema "winter",
Latvian ziema,
Greek khion "snow",
Pashto zhmy
Persian zmstan.
It forms or part of
chimera, chiono-, hiemal, hibernacle, hibernal, hibernate, hibernation, Himalaya.
Updated on February 26, 2023