Central Kurdish edit

 
ھەسان

Etymology edit

Compare Classical Persian افسان (afsān), فسان (fasân), سان (sân, whetstone). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *abi-saH-na-[1] or *ham-saH-na-,[2][3] from Proto-Iranian *saH- (to whet, cut).

Compare also Armenian հեսան (hesan), from Old Armenian յեսան (yesan), which formerly was considered as the source of the Kurdish word.[4][5]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Northern Kurdish hesan
Southern Kurdish ھەسان (hesan)
Laki ھەسان (hesan)

ھەسان (hesan)

  1. whetstone

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Cabolov, R. L. (2001–2010) “hasān”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 424
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*saH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
  3. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 442
  4. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յեսան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 397a
  5. ^ Асатрян, Г. (1987) “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[2] (in Russian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 163

Further reading edit

  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 443b
  • Karadaghi, R. (2006) “whetstone”, in The Azadi: English-Kurdish Dictionary, New York: Ehsan, page 1196
  • Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “ھەسان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 691a
  • Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ھەسان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 583a
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “hesan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 64

Northern Kurdish edit

Adjective edit

ھەسان (hesan)

  1. Arabic spelling of hesan

References edit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “hesan I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 304
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “hesan II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 304