оҫта

See also: оста

Bashkir

Оҫта менән өйрәнсек.
The master and the apprentice.

Etymology

From Persian اوستا (ustâ) / استاد (ostâd). Doublet of остаз (ostaz).

Note that the first form in Persian may have been reborrowed from a Turkic source.

Cognate with Tatar оста (osta, “master, craftsman”), Kazakh ұста (ūsta, “master; blacksmith”), Kyrgyz уста (usta, “master; blacksmith”), Uzbek usta (“master, professional”), Uyghur ئۇستا (usta, “master, professional”), Turkish usta (“master”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊ̞θˈtɑ]
  • Hyphenation: оҫ‧та

Noun

оҫта • (ośta)

  1. craftsman, artisan
    Үҙ эшенең оҫтаһы.
    Üź eşeneñ ośtahı.
    A master of his craft.
  2. expert, master

Declension

Adjective

оҫта • (ośta)

  1. skillful, skilled, proficient
    Ауылда бик оҫта гармунсы була торғайны.
    Awılda bik ośta garmunsı bula torğaynı.
    There used to be a very skillful garmon player in the village.

Adverb

оҫта • (ośta)

  1. skillfully, expertly, proficiently
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