köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (stwlg /sturg/), from Proto-Iranian *stūrakah. Cognate to Bactrian στοργο (storgo, “mighty, strong, great”). Minus one stem extension from pairing with the equivalent of بزرگ (bozorg) (like Proto-Slavic *čeršьňa (“sweet cherry”) from alignment with *višьňa (“sour cherry”)) cognate to Sanskrit स्थूर (sthūra, “bulky, massive”). In equivalent meaning with…
در رحم پیدا نباشد هند و ترک چون که زاید بیندش زار و سترگ
giant (mythical anthropomorphic creature of great size) written with initial capital Γίγαντας (Gígantas) · giant (large person or organisation) · giant star
çekim: çoğul γίγαντες · tamlayan γίγαντα
eş: κολοσσός
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek γίγαντας (gígantas), from Ancient Greek γίγαντᾰ (gígantă, accusative singular of γίγᾱς (gígās)).
köken: From Proto-Finnic *huikëda, the root of which is possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką. Related to Karelian huikie (“shameful”) and Veps huiged (“indecent, shameful”).