أستاذ

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See also: استاد and استاذ

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Persian استاذ (ustād).

Pronunciation

Noun

أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏm (plural أَسَاتِذَة (ʔasātiḏa) or أُسْتَاذُون (ʔustāḏūn) or أَسَاتِيذ (ʔasātīḏ), feminine أُسْتَاذَة (ʔustāḏa) or أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏ))

  1. professor
  2. teacher at a grammar school or similar institution
  3. title of courtesy commonly given to individuals of high education or learning, best translated simply as mister

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: استاذ (istāḏ)
  • Lishana Deni: אסתאדא (ʾəstāḏa)
  • Malay: ustaz
  • Swahili: stadi
  • Yakan: ustad

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أستاذ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

أستاذ جامعة في مكتبهa university professor in his office

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔus.taːz/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

أستاذ (ʔustāzm (plural أساتذة (ʔasātze))

  1. teacher
    Synonym: معلم (mʕallem)
  2. professor, lecturer