اساطیر

Persian

Alternative forms

• اسطوره‌ها (osture-hâ)

Etymology

From Arabic أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr).

Noun

اساطیر • (asâtir)

1. plural of اسطوره

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اساطیر (asātīr) from Arabic أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr)

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.sɑː.t̪iːɾ/

Noun

اَساطِیر • (asātīr) m pl (indeclinable, Hindi spelling असातीर)

1. plural of اُسطُورَہ (ustūra, “myth”)

Noun

اَساطِیر • (asātīr) m (Hindi spelling असातीर)

1. mythology

   Synonyms: دیوْ مالا (dev mālā), رِوایات (rivāyāt), صَنَمیات (sanamyāt), عِلْمُ الاَصْنام ('ilm-ul-asnām)

   اَژدَہے اَیسے اَفسانوی و جادُوئی مَخلُوقات ہَیں جو عالمی اَساطِیروں میں پائے جاتے ہَیں

   aźdahe aise afsānvī o jādūī maxlūqāt ha͠i jo 'ālmī asātīrõ mẽ pāe jāte ha͠i

   Dragons are legendary magical creatures that are found in mythologies worldwide.

Declension

Declension of اساطیر
	singular	plural
direct	اساطیر (asātīr)	اساطیر (asātīr)
oblique	اساطیر (asātīr)	اساطیروں (asātīrō̃)
vocative	اساطیر (asātīr)	اساطیرو (asātīrō)

Derived terms

• اَساطِیری (asātīrī)
• اَساطِیر پَرَسْت (asātīr parast)
• اَساطِیر نِگار (asātīr nigār)
• اَساطِیرُ الاَوَّلِین (asātīr-ul-avvalīn)

References

• “اساطیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اساطیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اساطير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.