Alternative formsEdit
- بستک (bostok) (obsolete, dialectal)
EtymologyEdit
From an older form بستوک (bostuk). Compare dialectal بستوله (bastule, “jar”), also arabicized Persian بستوقه (bostuqe). Probably cognate with Russian бо́чка (bóčka).
بستو • (bastu, bostu)
- a ceramic jar
- (obsolete) a churn