اختر

See also: أختر‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اختر‎ (axtar, “star”).

Noun

اختر • (ahter)

  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma
    Synonyms: ستاره‎ (sitāre), نجم‎ (necm), یلدز‎ (yıldız)
  2. (figuratively) one's star, fortune, luck, chance, destiny
    Synonym: ستاره‎ (sitāre)

Derived terms

  • اختراشناس‎ (ahter-şinas, “astrologer”)
  • اخترسوخته‎ (ahter-suhte, “unfortunate”)
  • اخترشمر‎ (ahter-şümer, “astrologer”)
  • اخترگو‎ (ahter-gü, “astrologer”)
  • بد اختر‎ (bad ahter, “ill-fortuned”)
  • نیك اختر‎ (nik ahter, “lucky”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ahter

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhtl /axtar/), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾhtl /abāxtar/, “planet”), distorted due to a mistaken folk etymology that the first element ab- was a negative suffix, the idea being that the planets were "un-stars" due to their astronomically odd behavior.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /axtaɾ/

Noun

Dari اختر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ахтар (axtar)

اختر • (axtar)

  1. (astronomy or literary) star
    Synonyms: (usual word) ستاره‎ (setâre), کوکب‎ (kowkab)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      ‏ای شهنشاه بلند اختر، خدا را همتی
      تا ببوسم همچو اختر خاک ایوان شما
      ‎
      ay šahinšâh-i buland axtar, xudâ râ himmatê
      tâ bibôsam hamčô axtar xâk-i êwân-i šumâ
      O King of Kings of soaring fortune [the Beloved], for God's sake just a little grace,
      So that I might kiss―as do the stars―the dust of your porch.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (literary, figurative) fortune; luck
    Synonym: بخت‎ (baxt)
    ‏اختر نیک‎ (literary) ― axtar-e nik ― good fortune
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      ‏ای شهنشاه بلند اختر، خدا را همتی
      تا ببوسم همچو اختر خاک ایوان شما
      ‎
      ay šahinšâh-i buland axtar, xudâ râ himmatê
      tâ bibôsam hamčô axtar xâk-i êwân-i šumâ
      O King of Kings of soaring fortune [the Beloved], for God's sake just a little grace,
      So that I might kiss―as do the stars―the dust of your porch.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  • ابرنواختر‎ (abar-now-axtar, “supernova”)
  • اختر شمردن‎ (axtar šomordan, “to stay up all night”, literally “to count stars”)
  • اخترشناس‎ (axtaršenâs, “astronomer”)
  • اخترمار‎ (axtarmâr, “astronomer”)
  • اختری‎ (axtari, “stellar”)
  • بد اختر‎ (bad axtar, “ill-fortuned”, literally “bad-star”)
  • بلند اختر‎ (boland axtar, “lucky; fortunate”, literally “high-star”)
  • نواختر‎ (now-axtar, “nova”)

References

  1. Eilers, W. (30 December 2012), “AXTAR”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎, volume III/2, page 123
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