ماست

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian ماست‎ (mâst).

Noun

مَاسْت • (māst) m

  1. (obsolete) yoghurt
    • a. 1222, نجيب الدين السمرقندي [ʿNajīb ad-Dīn as-Samarqandīy], Juliane Müller, editor, كتاب الأغذية والأشربة [kitāb al-ʾaḡdiya wa-l-ʾǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101)‎, Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 120:
      ‏الماست أبرد من اللبن الحليب يطفّئ الحرارة ويصلح أن يؤكل قبل الطعام في يوم تعب وحرّ.‎‎
      Yoghurt is colder than fresh milk, extinguishes the heat and is aptly eaten before a meal on a hard and hot day.
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

مَاسَّتْ • (māssat) (form III)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَّ‎ (māssa)
  2. third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَسَ‎ (māsasa)

Central Kurdish

Noun

ماست (mast)

  1. yogurt

Persian

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /mɒːst/

    Etymology 1

    From Middle Persian [script needed] (m’st' /māst/, “yoghurt”).

    Noun

    Dari ماست
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik мост (most)

    ماست • (mâst) (plural ماست‌ها‎ (mâst-hâ))

    1. yoghurt
      ‏ماست و خیار‎ ― mâst o xiyâr ― mast-o-khiyar, a cucumber and yoghurt side dish
    Derived terms
    • ماست موسیر‎ (mâst-musir)
    • ماست‌مالی‎ (mâst-mâli)
    • ماست‌بند‎ (mâst-band)
    Descendants
    • → Arabic: مَاسْت‎ (māst)

    References

    1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ماست”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
    2. PAHLAVICA - "m’st'".

    Contraction

    ماست • (mâ-st)

    1. Contraction of ما‎ (mâ) + است‎ (ast).
      ‏این کشور ماست.‎‎ ― in kešvar-e mâ-st. ― This is our country.
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