ھەسان

Central Kurdish

ھەسان

Etymology

Compare Classical Persian افسان (afsān), فسان (fasân), سان (sân, 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)

  1. whetstone

Synonyms

  • بەردەھەسان (berdehesan)
  • کوچکەھەسان (kuçkehesan)

Derived terms

  • بەردەھەسان (berdehesan)
  • کوچکەھەسان (kuçkehesan)

References

  1. 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
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*saH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
  3. Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 442
  4. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յեսան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 397a
  5. Асатрян, Г. (1987) “Язык заза и армянский (Предварительные заметки) [Zaza and Armenian (Preliminary Notes)]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), number 1, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 163

Further reading

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

ھەسان (hesan)

  1. 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
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