Arabic

Numeral

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

1. sixty

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian stwn' ‎(stūn, “column, pillar”) (Manichaean Middle Persian ʾstwn), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 ‎(stūnā, “column, pillar”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀 ‎(stūna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit स्थूणा ‎(sthūṇā)), from Proto-Indo-European *st(y)oy- (compare English stone).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. column, pillar

Descendants

• → Arabic: أُسْطُوَانَة ‎(ʾusṭuwāna, “column, pillar; cylinder”)
  • → Persian: استوانه ‎(ostovâne, “cylinder”)
• → 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