stûn

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Turkish sütun, Persian ستون (sotun), from Proto-Iranian *stuHnáH (column, pillar) (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀 (stūna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH (column, pillar) (compare Sanskrit स्थूणा (sthūṇā)).

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish ستوون (stûn)
Southern Kurdish ستۊن (stün)
Laki ستۊن (stün)

stûn f

  1. column
  2. pillar

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “stûn”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 564