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Gulf Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏ), from Persian استاذ (ustāð).
Pronunciation
Noun
اِسْتاذ • (istāḏ) m (plural اَساتِذة (asātiḏa), feminine اِسْتاذة (istāḏa))
- male teacher, male instructor
- Coordinate term: ابلة (abḷa)
- (chiefly historical) ship designer
- Coordinate term: (shipbuilder) قلاف (gaḷḷāf)
Usage notes
The usual feminine counterpart is ابلة (abḷa), with اِسْتاذة (istāḏa) being used in some contexts.
Persian
Noun
استاذ • (ostâz)
- Alternative form of استاد, now considered an archaic form and virtually completely replaced by استاد (ostad).