سکان

See also: سكان

Persian

Etymology

Reborrowed from Arabic سُكَّان (sukkān, “rudder”), from Middle Persian *sukān. Compare Parthian swk (suk, “rudder”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [sokˈkɒn]
  • (Colloquial) IPA^(key): [soˈkɒn]

Noun

سکان • (sokân)

1. rudder

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “swk”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols