استره

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

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 (ustʿura)
  • → Urdu: استرا‎‎
  • → Punjabi: ਉਸਤਰਾ (usatrā)

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