استوانه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna), from Aramaic אִיסְטְוָונָא (ʾesṭwānā, column, pillar), from Middle Persian stwn' (stūn, column, pillar). Compare ستون (sotun, pillar, column).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.wɑː.nǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.wɑː.nǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔus.t̪ʰu.wɔː.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? ustuwāna
Dari reading? ustuwāna
Iranian reading? ostovâne
Tajik reading? ustuvona

Noun

Dari استوانه
Iranian Persian
Tajik устувона

استوانه • (ostovâne) (plural استوانه‌ها (ostovâne-hâ))

  1. cylinder

Synonyms

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