اسطوره

See also: اسطورة and أسطورة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra, “fable, myth”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “inquiry, examination”).

Noun

اسطوره • (ustura) (plural اساطیر (esatir))

1. tale, legend, myth, fable, any fictitious narrative told to excite wonder

   Synonyms: افسانه (efsane), داستان (dastan), قصه (kıssa), مثل (masal)

Descendants

• Turkish: ustura

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ustura”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4999
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسطوره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 89
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اسطوره”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 213
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسطوره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 110

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra, “fable, myth”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “inquiry, examination”).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	ustūra
Dari reading?	ustūra
Iranian reading?	osture
Tajik reading?	ustura

Noun

Dari	اسطوره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	устура

اسطوره • (osture) (plural اساطیر (asâtir) or اسطوره‌ها (osture-hâ))

1. myth

   Synonyms: افسانه (afsâne), افسان (afsân), اندار (andâr)

   • late 1100s, Khāqānī, “Qaṣīda 97 55”, in دیوان خاقانی‎^[4]:

     قفل اسطورهٔ ارسطو را
     بر در احسن الملل منهید

     qufl-i ustūra-yi arastū rā
     bar dar-i ahsanu-l-milal ma-nihēd

     Do not put the padlock of Aristotle's myths on the door of the best of nations.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• اسطوره‌شناسی (osture-šenâsi, “mythology”)