ستون

Arabic

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    Cardinal: سِتُّون (sittūn)

Etymology

سِتّ‎ (sitt, “six”) +‎ ـُون‎ (-ūn)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sit.tuː.na/

Numeral

سِتُّونَ • (sittūna) m or f (oblique سِتِّينَ‎ (sittīna))

  1. sixty

Declension

Derived terms

  • سِتِّينِيّ‎ (sittīniyy)

Adjective

سِتُّونَ • (sittūna) (feminine سِتُّونَ (sittūna))

  1. sixtieth
    ‏اَلصَّفْحَةُ السِّتُّونَ‎ ― aṣ-ṣafḥatu s-sittūna ― the sixtieth page

Ottoman Turkish

ستون

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ستون‎ (sotun, “column”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syˈtun/

Noun

ستون • (sütun)

  1. column, pillar, pilaster, post
    Synonyms: دستك‎ (destek), دیرك‎ (direk), عمود‎ (ʿamud)
  2. (figurative) prop, support
  3. pole, stick of timber, mast
    Synonym: (mast) دیرك‎ (direk)
  4. column in a newspaper or in a text

Derived terms

  • ستونه‎ (sütune, “anything comparable to a column”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sütun

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (stwn'), 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫇𐫗‎ (ʿstwn /stūn/, “column, pillar”), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 (stūnā, “column, pillar”), from Proto-Iranian *stuHnáH (“column, pillar”) (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀‎ (stūna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH (“column, pillar”) (compare Sanskrit स्थूणा (sthūṇā)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /sutun/

  • (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [sʊˈtʰuːn]
    • (Dialectal) IPA(key): [seˈtʰuːn]

Noun

Dari ستون
Iranian Persian
Tajik сутун (sutun)

ستون • (sotun) (plural ستون‌ها‎ (sotun-hâ))

  1. column, pillar

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ستون‎ (sütün)
  • → Turkmen: sütün

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “stūn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ستون‎ (sotun).

Pronunciation

Noun

سُتُون • (sutūn) m (Hindi spelling सुतून)

  1. pillar, support, column, prop, beam
  2. obelisk,

References

  • “ستون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ستون”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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