زستان

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Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jimáh + Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (whence the suffix, ـستان (stan, “-stan”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós (“cold, frost”).

Cognate with Persian زمستان (zemestân), Ossetian зымӕг (zymæg), Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊), Latin hiems, Sanskrit हिम (himá).

Pronunciation

Noun

Northern Kurdish zivistan
Southern Kurdish زمسان (zimsan)

زستان (zistan)

  1. winter

Derived terms

See also

Seasons in Central Kurdish · وەرزەکان (werzekan) (layout · text) · category
بەھار (behar, “spring”) ھاوین (hawîn, “summer”) پاییز (payîz, “autumn”) زستان (zistan, “winter”)

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