Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/stuHnáH

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH.

Noun

*stuHnáH

pillar

Inflection

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stuHnáH	*stuHnáy	*stuHnā́h
vocative	*stuHnay	*stuHnáy	*stuHnā́h
accusative	*stuHnā́m	*stuHnáy	*stuHnā́h
instrumental	*stuHnáyaH	*stuHnáHbyā	*stuHnáHbiš
ablative	*stuHnáyaHh	*stuHnáHbyā	*stuHnáHbyah
dative	*stuHnáyaHy	*stuHnáHbyā	*stuHnáHbyah
genitive	*stuHnáyaHh	*stuHnā́yāh	*stuHnáHnām
locative	*stuHnáyaH	*stuHnā́yaw	*stuHnáHsu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀 (stūna)
Northeastern Iranian
- Khotanese: [script needed] (stūnā)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: ستن (stën), ستنه f (stëna)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: stûn
  
  Central Kurdish: ئەستوون (estûn), ستوون (stûn)
  
  Southern Kurdish: ستۊن (stün), سۊن (sün)
  
  Laki: ستۊن (stün)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (ʿstwn /⁠stūn⁠/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 (s-tu-u-n-a /⁠stūnā⁠/)
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi: 𐭮𐭲𐭥𐭭𐭩 (stʿny /⁠(i)stūn⁠/)
    
    Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫇𐫗 (ʿstwn /⁠istūn⁠/)
    
    Pazand: 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥 (stūn)
    - Classical Persian: ستون (sutūn), استون (ustūn)
      Iranian Persian: ستون (sotūn), استون (ostun), استن (oston), ستن (soton) (poetic)
      → Hindustani:
      Urdu: ستون (sutūn, sitūn)
      → Ottoman Turkish: ستون (sütün)
      Turkish: sütun
      → Turkmen: sütün