دستور

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian دستور (dastur).

Pronunciation

Noun

دُسْتُور (dustūr) m (plural دَسَاتِير (dasātīr))

  1. (law, government) constitution
  2. rule, guideline
  3. set of rules
  4. action rule
  5. model

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: دستور (düstur)
  • Swahili: desturi

Persian

Etymology

From دست (dast, hand) and اور (ur, fist).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /dastuɾ/

Noun

Dari دستور
Iranian Persian
Tajik дастур (dastur)

دستور (dastur) (plural دستورها (dastur-hâ))

  1. command, order
  2. method, manner, procedure, way
  3. guideline, rule
  4. permission, leave, authority
  5. basis, foundation
  6. model, example, exemplar
  7. (law, government) constitution
  8. (archaic) statesman, vizier
  9. (linguistics) grammar (دستور زبان (dastur-e zabân))
  10. (Zoroastrianism) dastur

Derived terms

  • دستوری (dasturi)

Descendants

Further reading

  • “DASTŪR”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1994
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