استره

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwstlk' /⁠awestarag⁠/, “razor”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.ɾǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.ɾǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔus.t̪ʰu.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? ustura
Dari reading? ustura
Iranian reading? ostore
Tajik reading? ustura

Noun
Dari استره
Iranian Persian
Tajik устура

استره • (ostore)

  1. razor (shaving knife)
    Synonym: تیغ (tiğ)

Descendants
  • → Hindi: उस्तरा (ustarā)
  • → Kazakh: ұстара (ūstara)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اوستره (ustura), اوستوره (ustura)
    • Turkish: ustura
    • → Armenian: ուսթուրա (ustʻura)
  • → Urdu: استرا
  • → Punjabi: ਉਸਤਰਾ (ustarā)
  • → Uyghur: ئۇستۇرا (ustura)

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “awestarag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 14
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