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