أسطورة

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Arabic

Etymology

From phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía), with the native Arabic سَطَرَ (saṭara, to write, to compose lines).

Pronunciation

Noun

أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūraf (plural أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr))

  1. myth, fable, tale, legend, story especially full of embellishments

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: اسطوره (ustura)
    • Turkish: ustura

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