Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Persian دستور (dastur).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dus.tuːr/
    • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /dɪsˈtuːr/, (proscribed) /dɪsˈtoːr/

Noun edit

دُسْتُور (dustūrm (plural دَسَاتِير (dasātīr))

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic دُسْتُور (dustūr), from Persian دستور (dastur).

Noun edit

دُسْتُور (düstur)

  1. (law) code (body of law)

Descendants edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Multiple origins have been proposed:

Pronunciation edit

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Readings
Classical reading? dastūr
Dari reading? dastūr
Iranian reading? dastur
Tajik reading? dastur

Noun edit

Dari دستور
Iranian Persian
Tajik дастур

دَسْتور (dastur) (plural دستورها (dastur-hâ))

  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 (دستور زبان (dastur-e zabân))
  10. (Zoroastrianism) dastur

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 56-7

Further reading edit

  • “DASTŪR”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition[2], New York, 1994

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian دستور (dastūr).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دَسْتُور (dastūrm (Hindi spelling दस्तूर)

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