astar

a- +‎ star

astar (not comparable) (predicative)

1. Covered with bright or sparkling objects.

   Synonym: spangled

   • 1903, Katherine Cecil Burton, The Circle‎, New York: A.L. Burt, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 171:

     […] they could follow the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.

   • 1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71,

     The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.

2. Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.

   Synonyms: sparkling, twinkling

   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 8, in Anne of Green Gables‎, Boston: L.C. Page, pages 79–80:

     She found Anne standing motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows, with her hands clasped behind her, her face uplifted, and her eyes astar with dreams.

   • 1993, Anne Gay, chapter 33, in Dancing on the Volcano‎, London: Orbit, page 373:

     Astar with the cold fire of gems, it [the palace] was.

• Rasta, STAAR, atars, rasta, ratas

From Ottoman Turkish آستر, آستار, from Persian آستر (âstar).

astar m (plural astare, definite astari, definite plural astaret)

1. lining (as of a garment)

From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)

1. aster

• astar síneach m (“China aster”)

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)

1. Alternative form of aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “astar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “aster”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “astar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Borrowed from Azerbaijani astar, from Persian آستر (âstar). Doublet of âstər, directly from Persian.

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key):

astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)

1. lining

   Synonym: âstər

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

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astar m (genitive singular astair, plural astaran)

1. distance
2. speed

• ionnsachadh air astar (“distance learning”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “astar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

From Ottoman Turkish آستار (astar), from Persian آستر (âstar).

• Hyphenation: as‧tar

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astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)

1. lining (as of a garment)

• “astar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “astar”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı