استره

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔus.tu.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔus.t̪ʰu.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔos.t̪ʰo.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔus.t̪ʰu.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ustura
Dari reading?	ustura
Iranian reading?	ostore
Tajik reading?	ustura

Noun

Dari	استره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	устура

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 (ustʻura)
• → Urdu: استرا
• → Punjabi: ਉਸਤਰਾ (ustarā)
• → Uyghur: ئۇستۇرا (ustura)

References

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