Central Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *jástah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóstos (hand), from *ǵʰes-. Cognate with Persian دست (dast) and Sanskrit हस्त (hasta).

Noun edit

Northern Kurdish dest

دەست (dest)

  1. (anatomy) hand