دەست

Central Kurdish

Etymology

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

Northern Kurdish	dest

دەست (dest)

1. (anatomy) hand