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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دستور (düstur), from Arabic دُسْتُور (dustūr), from Persian دستور (dastur).
Doublet of destur, borrowed directly from Persian.
Noun
düstur (definite accusative düsturu, plural düsturlar) (obsolete)
- code of laws
- (medicine) codex
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “düstur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 903
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN