ستاره
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ستارگان (setâregân)
See also: ستارہ
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian ستاره (sitâra, “star; fate”).
Noun
ستاره • (sitare) (plural ستارگان)
- (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma
- (figuratively) one's star, fortune, fate, chance, destiny
- Synonym: اختر (ahter)
- an open tent, a pavilion
Derived terms
- ستاره سوخته (sitare suhte, “unfortunate”)
- ستاره‌دان (sitaredan, “astrologer”)
- ستاره‌سز (sitaresiz, “unfortunate, unlucky”)
- ستاره‌لو (sitareli, “starry; lucky, fortunate”)
Descendants
- Turkish: sitare
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian ستاره. Compound of سه (“three”) + تاره (“stringed”).
Noun
ستاره • (sitare)
- a three-stringed lute
- three-dice backgammon
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sitare2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4265
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ستاره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 665
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Stella”, 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 1595
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ستاره”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2547
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ستاره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1039
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Persian (stʾlk' /stārag/), (stl /star/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (star-), from Proto-Iranian *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with English star.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sitāra |
| Dari reading? | sitāra |
| Iranian reading? | setâre |
| Tajik reading? | sitora |
Noun
| Dari | ستاره |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ситора |
سِتارِه • (setâre) (plural ستارگان (setâregân) or ستاره‌ها (setâre-hâ))
- star
- 1985, قیصر امینپور [Qeysar Aminpour], “شعری برای جنگ”, in تنفس صبح:
- دیگر ستارگان را حتی هیچ اعتماد نیست. شاید ستاره‌ها شبگردهای دشمن ما باشند.
- digar setâregân-râ hattâ hič e'temâd nist. šâyad setâre--hâ šabgard-hâ-ye došman-e mâ bâšand.
- Even the stars are no longer reliable. Perhaps the stars are our enemy's night patrols.
- fate, destiny
- star (actors, athletes, etc.)
- asterisk, the symbol "*"
- (archaic) spark
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 384:
- بس ستاره‌ی آتش از آهن جهید، و ان دل سوزیده پذرفت و کشید
- bas setâre-ye âtaš az âhan jahid, v-ân del-e suzide pazroft o kašid
- Many a spark of fire shot forth from the iron, and that burning heart received and drew in.
Usage notes
The plural ستارگان (setâregân) is used for astronomical stars, sparks, etc., but not for human "stars" or asterisks.
Derived terms
- بی‌ستاره (bi-setâre)
- ستاره‌ای (setâre-'i)
- ستاره‌شناس (setâre-šenâs)
- ستاره‌شناسی (setâre-šenâsi)
Descendants
- → Bengali: সিতারা (śitara), সেতার (śetar)
- → Gujarati: સિતારો (sitāro)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: सितारा (sitārā)
- Urdu: ستارہ (sitāra)
- → Marathi: सितारा (sitārā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ستاره (sitare)
- Turkish: sitare
- → Punjabi:
Proper noun
| Dari | ستاره |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Ситора |
ستاره • (setâre)
- a female given name, Setareh, Sitara, Setare, or Sitora, from Middle Persian