ستودن

Persian

Alternative forms

• ستاییدن, ستائیدن

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 [script needed] (istuwa-, “to become public”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.tuː.ðan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰuː.d̪än]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰuː.d̪än]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰuː.d̪än]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.t̪ʰu.d̪än]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.t̪ʰuː.d̪æn], [se.t̪ʰuː.d̪æn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.t̪ʰu.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading?	sitūḏan
Dari reading?	sitūdan
Iranian reading?	sotudan, setudan
Tajik reading?	situdan

Verb

Dari	ستودن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ситудан, сутудан

ستودن • (setudan) (present stem ستای (setây))

1. to praise, to commend
2. to extol, to eulogize
3. to glorify
4. to adore
5. 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