استخوان

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Arabic

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Root
خ و ن (ḵ w n)
7 terms

Noun

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اِسْتِخْوَان (istiḵwānm

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

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (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

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

Noun

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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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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian استخوان (ustuxʷān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اُسْتُخوان (ustuxwānm (Hindi spelling उस्तुख़वान)

  1. bone
  2. skeleton

References

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  • استخوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • استخوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.