stûn

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

stûn f

  1. column
  2. pillar

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