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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian stwtn' (/stūdan/), stʾdytn' (/stāyīdan/, “to praise”), from Proto-Iranian *stā́wti (“to praise”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stā́wti (“to praise, laud”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्तौति (stauti, “to praise, extol”), Punjabi ਉਸਤਤਿ (usatti), Ancient Greek στεῦται (steûtai, “to promise or threaten that one will”), Hittite (istuwa-, “to become public”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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sitūḏan
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| Dari reading?
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sitūdan
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| Iranian reading?
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sotudan, setudan
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| Tajik reading?
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situdan
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Verb
ستودن • (setudan) (present stem ستای (setây))
- to praise, to commend
- to extol, to eulogize
- to glorify
- to adore
- to worship
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 77