ستاره

See also: ستارہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ستاره (sitâra, “star; fate”).

Noun

ستاره • (sitare) (plural ستارگان)

1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma

   Synonyms: اختر (ahter), نجم (necm), یلدز (yıldız)

2. (figuratively) one's star, fortune, fate, chance, destiny

   Synonym: اختر (ahter)

3. an open tent, a pavilion

Derived terms

• ستاره سوخته (sitare suhte, “unfortunate”)
• ستاره‌دان (sitaredan, “astrologer”)
• ستاره‌سز (sitaresiz, “unfortunate, unlucky”)
• ستاره‌لو (sitareli, “starry; lucky, fortunate”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: sitare

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ستاره. Compound of سه (“three”) +‎ تاره (“stringed”).

Noun

ستاره • (sitare)

1. a three-stringed lute
2. three-dice backgammon

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sitare2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4265
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ستاره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 665
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Stella”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1595
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ستاره”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2547
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ستاره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1039

Persian

ستارگان (setâregân)

Alternative forms

• ستار (satâr, setâr), استاره (estâre)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (stʾlk' /⁠stārag⁠/), [script needed] (stl /⁠star⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (star-), from Proto-Iranian *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with English star.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.tɑː.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰɑː.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.t̪ʰɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.t̪ʰɔː.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.t̪ʰɒː.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.t̪ʰɔ.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sitāra
Dari reading?	sitāra
Iranian reading?	setâre
Tajik reading?	sitora

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -e (Iran), -a (elsewhere)

Noun

Dari	ستاره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ситора

سِتارِه • (setâre) (plural ستارگان (setâregân) or ستاره‌ها (setâre-hâ))

1. star
   • 1985, قیصر امینپور [Qeysar Aminpour], “شعری برای جنگ”, in تنفس صبح:

     دیگر ستارگان را حتی هیچ اعتماد نیست. شاید ستاره‌ها شبگردهای دشمن ما باشند.

     digar setâregân-râ hattâ hič e'temâd nist. šâyad setâre--hâ šabgard-hâ-ye došman-e mâ bâšand.

     Even the stars are no longer reliable. Perhaps the stars are our enemy's night patrols.

2. fate, destiny
3. star (actors, athletes, etc.)
4. asterisk, the symbol "*"
5. (archaic) spark
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 384:

     بس ستاره‌ی آتش از آهن جهید، و ان دل سوزیده پذرفت و کشید

     bas setâre-ye âtaš az âhan jahid, v-ân del-e suzide pazroft o kašid

     Many a spark of fire shot forth from the iron, and that burning heart received and drew [them] in.

Usage notes

The plural ستارگان (setâregân) is used for astronomical stars, sparks, etc., but not for human "stars" or asterisks.

Derived terms

• بی‌ستاره (bi-setâre)
• ستاره‌ای (setâre-'i)
• ستاره‌شناس (setâre-šenâs)
• ستاره‌شناسی (setâre-šenâsi)

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: সিতারা (śitara), সেতার (śetar)
• → Gujarati: સિતારો (sitāro)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सितारा (sitārā)

  • Urdu: ستارہ (sitāra)
• → Marathi: सितारा (sitārā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ستاره (sitare)
  • Turkish: sitare
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਤਾਰਾ (sitārā)
  • Shahmukhi script: ستارہ (stārh)

Proper noun

Dari	ستاره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ситора

ستاره • (setâre)

1. a female given name, Setareh, Sitara, Setare, or Sitora, from Middle Persian

See also

• اختر (axtar)
• کوکب (kowkab)