ستون

Arabic

Etymology

From سِتّ (sitt, six) + ـُون (-ūn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sit.tuː.na/

Numeral

سِتُّونَ (sittūna) m or f (oblique سِتِّينَ (sittīna))

  1. sixty

Declension


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (stwn'), 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫇𐫗 (ʿstwn /stūn/, column, pillar), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 (stūnā, column, pillar), from Proto-Iranian *stuHnáH (column, pillar) (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀 (stūna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH (column, pillar) (compare Sanskrit स्थूणा (sthūṇā)).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian ستون
Iranian Persian ستون
Tajiki Persian сутун (sutun)

ستون (sotun) (plural ستون‌ها (sotun-hâ))

  1. column, pillar

Descendants

  • Arabic: أُسْطُوَانَة (ʾusṭuwāna, column, pillar; cylinder)
    • Persian: استوانه (ostovâne, cylinder)
  • Hebrew: אצטונה (cylinder)
  • → Hindustani:
  • Ottoman Turkish: ستون (sütün)
    Turkish: sütun
  • Turkmen: sütün

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “stūn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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