ستودن

Persian

Alternative forms

ستاییدن, ستائیدن

Etymology

From Middle Persian stwtn' (/⁠stūdan⁠/), stʾdytn' (/⁠stāyīdan⁠/, “to praise”), from Proto-Iranian *stā́wti (“to praise”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stā́wti (“to praise, laud”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्तौति (stauti, “to praise, extol”), Punjabi ਉਸਤਤਿ (usatti), Ancient Greek στεῦται (steûtai, “to promise or threaten that one will”), Hittite [script needed] (istuwa-, “to become public”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.tuː.ˈdan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰuː.d̪än]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰuː.d̪än]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.t̪ʰu.d̪än]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.t̪ʰuː.d̪æn], [se.t̪ʰuː.d̪æn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.t̪ʰu.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sitūdan
Dari reading^?	sitūdan
Iranian reading^?	sotudan, setudan
Tajik reading^?	situdan

Verb


Iranian Persian	ستودن
Dari	ستودن
Tajik	ситудан, сутудан

ستودن • (setudan) (present stem ستای (setây))

to praise, to commend
to extol, to eulogize
to glorify
to adore
to worship

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 77