ھەسان
Central Kurdish
ھەسان
Etymology
Compare Classical Persian افسان (afsān), فسان (fasān), سان (sān, “whetstone”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *abi-saH-na-[1] or *ham-saH-na-,[2][3] from Proto-Iranian *saH- (“to whet, cut”).
Compare also Armenian հեսան (hesan), from Old Armenian յեսան (yesan), which formerly was considered as the source of the Kurdish word.[4][5]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hasaːn/
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | hesan |
|---|---|
| Southern Kurdish | ھەسان (hesan) |
| Laki | ھەسان (hesan) |
ھەسان (hesan)
- whetstone
Synonyms
- بەردەھەسان (berdehesan)
- کوچکەھەسان (kuçkehesan)
Derived terms
- بەردەھەسان (berdehesan)
- کوچکەھەسان (kuçkehesan)
References
- Cabolov, R. L. (2001–2010), “hasān”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 424
- Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*saH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
- Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 442
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “յեսան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 397a
- Асатрян, Г. (1987), “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), issue 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 163
Further reading
- Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 443b
- Karadaghi, R. (2006), “whetstone”, in The Azadi: English-Kurdish Dictionary, New York: Ehsan, page 1196
- Kurdojev, K. K.; Jusupova, Z. A. (1983), “ھەسان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 691a
- Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000), “ھەسان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 583a
- Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “hesan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 64
Northern Kurdish
Adjective
ھەسان (hesan)
- Arabic spelling of hesan
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “hesan I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 304
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “hesan II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 304