Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic אִיסְטְוָונָא (ʾesṭwānā, column, pillar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (stwn' /⁠stūn⁠/, column, pillar) (Persian ستون (sotun)), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 (s-tu-u-n-a /⁠stūnā⁠/, column, pillar), from Proto-Iranian *stuHnáH (column, pillar), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH (column, pillar), from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-uh₂-néh₂, from *steh₂- (to stand) +‎ *-wéh₂ (deverbal adjective suffix), + *-néh₂.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwānaf (plural أُسْطُوَانَات (ʔusṭuwānāt) or أَسَاطِين (ʔasāṭīn))

  1. (archaic) column
  2. cylinder
  3. (plural أُسْطُوَانَات (ʔusṭuwānāt)) vinyl record, phonograph record

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Ottoman Turkish: اسطوانه (üstüvane, cylinder)
  • Persian: استوانه (ustuvâna, cylinder)
  • Spanish: zaguán

References edit

  • ˀsṭwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 11
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أسطوانة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 35
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أسطوانة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 20

Hijazi Arabic edit

 
أُسْطُوَانَة

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

أسطوانة (ʔusṭuwānaf (plural أسطوانات (ʔusṭuwānāt))

  1. cylinder
  2. vinyl record