stûn

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

Central Kurdish	ستوون (stûn)
Southern Kurdish	ستۊن (stün)
Laki	ستۊن (stün)

stûn f

1. column
2. pillar

References

• 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