ستون

Arabic

Etymology

From سِتّ (sitt, “six”) +‎ ـُون (-ūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sit.tuː.na/

Numeral

سِتُّونَ • (sittūna) m or f (oblique سِتِّينَ (sittīna))

1. sixty

Declension

Declension of numeral سِتُّون (sittūn)

Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِتِّين sittīn	السِّتِّين as-sittīn	سِتِّي sittī
Nominative	سِتُّونَ sittūna	السِّتُّونَ as-sittūna	سِتُّو sittū
Accusative	سِتِّينَ sittīna	السِّتِّينَ as-sittīna	سِتِّي sittī
Genitive	سِتِّينَ sittīna	السِّتِّينَ as-sittīna	سِتِّي sittī

Derived terms

• سِتِّينِيّ (sittīniyy)

Adjective

سِتُّونَ • (sittūna) (feminine سِتُّونَ (sittūna))

1. sixtieth

   اَلصَّفْحَةُ السِّتُّونَ ― aṣ-ṣafḥatu s-sittūna ― the sixtieth page

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ستون (sutûn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syˈtun/

Noun

ستون • (sütun)

1. column, pillar, pilaster, post
2. (figurative) prop, support
3. column in a newspaper and the like

Descendants

• Turkish: sütun

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (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

• IPA^(key): /sʊˈtuːn/
• IPA^(key): [sʊˈtʰuːn]
  • IPA^(key): [seˈtʰuːn]

Noun

Dari	ستون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сутун

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

1. column, pillar

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Urdu: ستون (sutūn, sitūn)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ستون (sütün)
  • Turkish: sütun
• → Turkmen: sütün

References

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