ستون

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Arabic

Arabic numbers (edit)
600
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60
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6
    Cardinal: سِتُّون (sittūn)
    Ordinal: سِتُّون (sittūn)
Root
س د س (s d s)
6 terms

Etymology

From سِتّ (sitt, six) +‎ ـُون (-ūn)

Pronunciation

Numeral

سِتُّونَ (sittūnam or f (oblique سِتِّينَ (sittīna))

  1. sixty

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

سِتُّونَ (sittūna) (feminine سِتُّونَ (sittūna))

  1. sixtieth
    اَلصَّفْحَةُ السِّتُّونَaṣ-ṣafḥatu s-sittūnathe sixtieth page

Ottoman Turkish

ستون

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ستون (sotun, column).

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (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

Readings
Classical reading? sutūn
Dari reading? sutūn
Iranian reading? sotun
Tajik reading? sutun

Noun

Dari ستون
Iranian Persian
Tajik сутун

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

  1. column, pillar

Descendants

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ستون (sutūn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ستون (sutūn, satūnm (Hindi spelling सतून)

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

References

  • ستون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ستون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.