استخوان

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Arabic

Root
خ و ن (ḵ w n)
7 terms

Noun

اِسْتِخْوَان • (istiḵwān) m

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَخْوَنَ (istaḵwana) (form X)

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِخْوَان (istiḵwān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِسْتِخْوَان
istiḵwān 		الِاسْتِخْوَان
al-istiḵwān 		اِسْتِخْوَان
istiḵwān
Nominative اِسْتِخْوَانٌ
istiḵwānun 		الِاسْتِخْوَانُ
al-istiḵwānu 		اِسْتِخْوَانُ
istiḵwānu
Accusative اِسْتِخْوَانًا
istiḵwānan 		الِاسْتِخْوَانَ
al-istiḵwāna 		اِسْتِخْوَانَ
istiḵwāna
Genitive اِسْتِخْوَانٍ
istiḵwānin 		الِاسْتِخْوَانِ
al-istiḵwāni 		اِسْتِخْوَانِ
istiḵwāni

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (ʾsthwʾn' /⁠astuxwān⁠/, “bone”), from Proto-Iranian *HástHáhuānām, a compound from *HástH (“bone”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”).

Cognate with Mazanderani هسکا (hassekā), Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”), Latin os.

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? ustuxwān
Dari reading? ustuxān
Iranian reading? ostoxân
Tajik reading? ustuxon

Noun

Dari استخوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik устухон

اُسْتُخْوَان • (ostoxân)

  1. bone (anatomy)
    Synonyms: (medical) عظم (azm), (rare) است (ast)
  2. stone (of fruits)

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Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian استخوان (ustuxʷān).

Pronunciation

Noun

اُسْتُخوان • (ustuxwān) m (Hindi spelling उस्तुख़वान)

  1. bone
  2. skeleton

References

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