استاد

See also: إستاد‎ and أستاذ‎

Persian

Alternative forms

  • استاذ‎ (ostâz) (archaic)
  • اوستاد‎ (ôstâd)
  • استا‎ (ostâ) (informal)
  • اوستا‎ (ustâ) (informal)
  • اوسا‎ (ussâ) (informal)
  • اوس‎ (us) (informal)

Etymology

From earlier اوستاد‎ (ôstâd), from Middle Persian ʾwstʾt' (awestād, “master, craftsman”) (Manichaean Middle Persian ʾwystʾd (awestād)), from Old Persian [Term?]. Compare Kurdish hoste, hoste, oste, wista, wusta, وەستا‎ (westa), Mazanderani استات‎ (estât), استا‎ (estâ), اسا‎ (essâ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

استاد • (ostâd) (comparative استادتر‎, superlative استادترین‎)

  1. skilled

Noun

Dari Persian استاد‎
Iranian Persian استاد‎
Tajiki Persian устод (ustod)

استاد • (ostâd) (plural استادان‎ (ostâdân) or استادها‎ (ostâd-hâ) or اساتید‎ (asâtid))

  1. craftsman
  2. master
  3. expert
  4. tutor
  5. professor
  6. ustad

Derived terms

  • استادی‎ (ostâdi)
  • استادانه‎ (ostâdâne)
  • استادکار‎ (ostâdkâr), استاکار‎ (ostâkâr)
  • استادیار‎ (ostâdyâr)
  • استادتمام‎ (ostâdtamâm)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian استاد‎ (ostâd, “master”), from Middle Persian ʾwstʾt' (awestād, “master, craftsman”), from Old Persian [Term?].

Noun

استاد • (ustād) m (Hindi spelling उस्ताद)

  1. professor
  2. teacher
  3. tutor
  4. expert
  5. master
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