زستان

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *jimáh + Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (whence the suffix, ـستان (stan, “-stan”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós (“cold, frost”).

Cognate with Persian زمستان (zemestân), Ossetian зымӕг (zymæg), Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊), Latin hiems, Sanskrit हिम (himá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zəstaːn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	zivistan
Southern Kurdish	زمسان (zimsan)

زستان (zistan)

1. winter

Derived terms

• زستانی (zistanî)
• زستانە (zistane)
• زستانەوار (zistanewar)

 

See also

Seasons in Central Kurdish · وەرزەکان (werzekan) (layout · text) · category
بەھار (behar, “spring”)	ھاوین (hawîn, “summer”)	پاییز (payîz, “autumn”)	زستان (zistan, “winter”)

References

• Hejar (1990) “زستان”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 378
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “zistan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 167