استاذ

See also: أستاذ and استاد

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏ), from Persian استاذ (ustāð).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪs.taːð/

Noun

اِسْتاذ • (istāḏ) m (plural اَساتِذة (asātiḏa), feminine اِسْتاذة (istāḏa))

1. male teacher, male instructor

   Coordinate term: ابلة (abḷa)

2. (chiefly historical) ship designer

   Coordinate term: (shipbuilder) قلاف (gaḷḷāf)

Usage notes

The usual feminine counterpart is ابلة (abḷa), with اِسْتاذة (istāḏa) being used in some contexts.

Persian

Noun

استاذ • (ostâz)

1. Alternative form of استاد, now considered an archaic form and virtually completely replaced by استاد (ostad).