Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/stuHnáH

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH.

Noun

*stuHnáH

1. pillar

Inflection

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stuHnáH	*stuHnáy	*stuHnā́h
vocative	*stuHnay	*stuHnáy	*stuHnā́h
accusative	*stuHnā́m	*stuHnáy	*stuHnā́h
instrumental	*stuHnáyaH	*stuHnáHbyā	*stuHnáHbiš
ablative	*stuHnáyaHh	*stuHnáHbyā	*stuHnáHbyah
dative	*stuHnáyaHy	*stuHnáHbyā	*stuHnáHbyah
genitive	*stuHnáyaHh	*stuHnā́yāh	*stuHnáHnām
locative	*stuHnáyaH	*stuHnā́yaw	*stuHnáHsu

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀 (stūna)
• Northeastern Iranian
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (stūnā)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: ستن (stën), ستنه f (stëna)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: stûn

    Central Kurdish: ئەستوون (estûn), ستوون (stûn)

    Southern Kurdish: ستۊن (stün), سۊن (sün)

    Laki: ستۊن (stün)

  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (ʿstwn /⁠stūn⁠/)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 (s-tu-u-n-a /⁠stūnā⁠/)
    • Middle Persian:

      Book Pahlavi: 𐭮𐭲𐭥𐭭𐭩 (stʿny /⁠(i)stūn⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫘𐫤𐫇𐫗 (ʿstwn /⁠istūn⁠/)

      Pazand: 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥 (stūn)

      • Classical Persian: ستون (sutūn), استون (ustūn)

        Iranian Persian: ستون (sotūn)

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