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Etymology

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From Persian دستور (dastur).

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دُسْتُور (dustūrm (plural دَسَاتِير (dasātīr))

  1. (law, government) constitution
  2. rule, guideline
  3. set of rules
  4. action rule
  5. model

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Declension of noun دُسْتُور (dustūr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal دُسْتُور
dustūr
الدُّسْتُور
ad-dustūr
دُسْتُور
dustūr
nominative دُسْتُورٌ
dustūrun
الدُّسْتُورُ
ad-dustūru
دُسْتُورُ
dustūru
accusative دُسْتُورًا
dustūran
الدُّسْتُورَ
ad-dustūra
دُسْتُورَ
dustūra
genitive دُسْتُورٍ
dustūrin
الدُّسْتُورِ
ad-dustūri
دُسْتُورِ
dustūri
dual indefinite definite construct
informal دُسْتُورَيْن
dustūrayn
الدُّسْتُورَيْن
ad-dustūrayn
دُسْتُورَيْ
dustūray
nominative دُسْتُورَانِ
dustūrāni
الدُّسْتُورَانِ
ad-dustūrāni
دُسْتُورَا
dustūrā
accusative دُسْتُورَيْنِ
dustūrayni
الدُّسْتُورَيْنِ
ad-dustūrayni
دُسْتُورَيْ
dustūray
genitive دُسْتُورَيْنِ
dustūrayni
الدُّسْتُورَيْنِ
ad-dustūrayni
دُسْتُورَيْ
dustūray
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal دَسَاتِير
dasātīr
الدَّسَاتِير
ad-dasātīr
دَسَاتِير
dasātīr
nominative دَسَاتِيرُ
dasātīru
الدَّسَاتِيرُ
ad-dasātīru
دَسَاتِيرُ
dasātīru
accusative دَسَاتِيرَ
dasātīra
الدَّسَاتِيرَ
ad-dasātīra
دَسَاتِيرَ
dasātīra
genitive دَسَاتِيرَ
dasātīra
الدَّسَاتِيرِ
ad-dasātīri
دَسَاتِيرِ
dasātīri

Derived terms

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  • Ottoman Turkish: دستور (düstur)
  • Swahili: desturi

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دُسْتُور (dustūr, rule, set of rules), from Persian دستور (dastur, command, order).

Noun

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دستور (düstur) (definite accusative دستوری (düsturu), plural دستورلر (düsturlar))

  1. plenipotentiary, a person invested with full powers, especially a minister or a functionary
  2. (Zoroastrianism) dastur, a Zoroastrian high priest ranking above a mobad or herbad
  3. permission, authorization, granting, leave, a formal consent from someone in authority
    Synonyms: اجازت (icazet), اذن (izn, izin), رخصت (ruhsat), مساعده (müsâʼade)
  4. (law) code, a systematic collection of statutes set forth by a process of codification

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Persian

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Etymology

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    Multiple origins have been proposed:

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Classical reading? dastūr
    Dari reading? dastūr
    Iranian reading? dastur
    Tajik reading? dastur
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

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    Dari دستور
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik дастур

    دَسْتور (dastur) (plural دستورها)

    1. command, order
    2. method, manner, procedure, way
    3. guideline, rule
    4. permission, leave, authority
    5. basis, foundation
    6. model, example, exemplar
    7. (law, government) constitution
    8. (archaic) statesman, vizier
    9. (linguistics) grammar
    10. (Zoroastrianism) dastur

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    References

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    1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 328
    2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 56-7

    Further reading

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    • DASTŪR”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1994

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian دَسْتُور (dastūr).

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      دَسْتُور (dastūrm (Hindi spelling दस्तूर)

      1. command, order
      2. constitution
      3. guideline, rule
      4. (Zoroastrianism) dastur