دستار
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دستار
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian دستار (dastâr).
Noun
دستار • (destar)
- turban, a man's headdress made by winding a length of muslin
- handkerchief, a piece of cloth carried for wiping the face or hands
- tablecloth, a piece of cloth used for covering a table
- Synonym: سفره (sofra)
- napkin, serviette, a piece of cloth used for wiping the mouth
- Synonym: پچته (peçeta)
- towel, a piece of cloth used for drying anything wet, especially after a bath
Derived terms
- دستاربند (destarbend, “turbaned man”)
Descendants
- Turkish: destar
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “destar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1150
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cidaris”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 179
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دستار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2076
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 901
Persian
| Dari | دستار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | дастор |
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dastār |
| Dari reading? | dastār |
| Iranian reading? | dastâr |
| Tajik reading? | dastor |
Noun
دستار • (dastâr) (plural دستارها (dastâr-hâ))
- turban
- 11th century, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī
- حسنک پیدا آمد، بی‌بند، جبه‌ای داشت حبری‌رنگ با سیاه می‌زد، خلق‌گونه و دراعه و ردایی سخت پاکیزه و دستاری نشابوری مالیده و موزهٔ میکاییلی نو در پای و موی سر مالیده، زیر دستار پوشیده کرده اندک مایه پیدا می‌بود.
- hasanak paydā āmad, bē-band, jubba-ē dāšt hibrī-rang bā siyāh mē-zad, xalaq-gūna u durrā'a u ridā-ē saxt pākīza u dastār-ē nešābūrī mālīda u mōza-i mīkā'īlī-i nō dar pāy u mō-i sar mālīda, zīr-i dastār pōšīda karda, andak māya paydā mē-būd.
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- 11th century, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī
- dastar
- handkerchief
- napkin
- towel
- apron
Inflection
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Derived terms
- دستارسر (dastâr-sar)
Descendants
- → Bengali: দস্তার (dostar)
- → Gujarati: દસ્તાર (dastār)
- → Ottoman Turkish: دستار (destâr)
- Turkish: destar
- → Punjabi: دستار (dastar) / ਦਸਤਾਰ (dastār)
- → English: dastar
- → Urdu: دستار (dastār)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دستار (dastār).