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Classical Syriac
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Classical Persian استان (ustān).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܘܣܬܢܐ • (ʾustānā) m (plural ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānē))
- court, crown estate (said of the Persian royalty)
- * province, crownland
Inflection
References
- “ˀwstn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
- Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9a