See also: كسترة

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

كستره (kustarraf (plural كسترات (kustarrāt))

  1. Alternative spelling of كسترة (kustarra)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

كستره (kastaraf

  1. Alternative spelling of كسترة (kastara)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from a local Aramaic language, found with emphatic state ending in Arabic كُسْتَرَّا (kustarrā), خُسْتَرَّا (ḵustarrā), and with diminutive -ōnā in Arabic كَسْطَرُون (kasṭarūn), بَسْطَرُون (basṭarūn), and recorded by Bar Bahlul as ܓܘܣܬܒܪܝܢ (gustaḇrīn) and Classical Syriac ܦܣܛܪܐ (pasṭərā, plane) in the dialect of Tikrit, ultimately a borrowing of a Middle Iranian form *vistarag inherited in Classical Persian کشتره (kuštara), anlaut change as in گرج (gurj).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

كستره (küstere, küstüre)

  1. long plane; grindstone
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: küstere, köstere
  • Egyptian Arabic: كسترة (kustarra), كسطرة (kusṭarra)

Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek κέστρον (késtron, betony).

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Noun edit

كستره (kestere, küstere)

  1. wood betony (Stachys officinalis syn. Betonica officinalis)
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