دستور

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian دستور (dastur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dus.tuːr/
  • (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtuːr/, (proscribed) /dɪsˈtoːr/

Noun

دُسْتُور • (dustūr) m (plural دَسَاتِير (dasātīr))

1. (law, government) constitution
2. rule, guideline
3. set of rules
4. action rule
5. model

Declension

Derived terms

• دُسْتُورِيّ (dustūriyy, “constitutional”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: دستور (düstur)
  • Turkish: düstur
• → Swahili: desturi

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُسْتُور (dustūr), from Persian دستور (dastur).

Noun

دُسْتُور • (düstur)

1. (law) code (body of law)

Descendants

• Turkish: düstur

Persian

Etymology

Multiple origins have been proposed:

• From دست (dast, “hand”) and اور (ur, “fist”).
• From Proto-Iranian *dasta-bara-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas (“hand”) + Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
• Alternatively, from Proto-Iranian *danh- (“to teach, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“to become skillful; to instruct, teach”), and cognate with Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach”) and Hittite (dassu-, “strong”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

دَسْتور • (dastur) (plural دستورها (dastur-hâ))

1. command, order
2. method, manner, procedure, way
3. guideline, rule
4. permission, leave, authority
5. basis, foundation
6. model, example, exemplar
7. (law, government) constitution
8. (archaic) statesman, vizier
9. (linguistics) grammar (دستور زبان (dastur-e zabân))
10. (Zoroastrianism) dastur

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Arabic: دُسْتُور (dustūr)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دستور (düstur)
    • Turkish: düstur
  • → Swahili: desturi
• → Bengali: দস্তুর (dostur)
• → English: dastur
• → Georgian: დასტური (dasṭuri)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दस्तूर (dastūr)

  Urdu: دَسْتُور (dastūr)

• → Kazakh: дәстүр (dästür)
• → Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دەستور (destur)

  Northern Kurdish: destûr

• → Middle Armenian: դաստուր (dastur)
  • Armenian: դաստուր (dastur)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دستور (destur)
• → Punjabi: ਦਸਤੂਰ (dastūr)

References

Further reading

• “DASTŪR”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1994

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دستور (dastūr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əs.t̪uːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

دَسْتُور • (dastūr) m (Hindi spelling दस्तूर)

1. command, order
2. constitution
3. guideline, rule
4. (Zoroastrianism) dastur