مستور

Arabic

Adjective

مَسْتُور • (mastūr)

1. hidden, concealed, secret

   تُمِّ مُنَاقَشَة مَوْضُوع مَسْتُور فِي الْاِجْتِمَاع الْسِّرِي.

   tummi munāqaša(t) mawḍūʕ mastūr fī l-ijtimāʕ al-ssirī.

   A confidential topic was discussed in the secret meeting.

2. honest

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْتُور (mastūr, “hidden, concealed”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mas.ˈtuːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.t̪ʰúːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.t̪ʰúːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäs.t̪ʰúːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäs.t̪ʰúɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæs.t̪ʰúːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.t̪ʰúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mastūr
Dari reading?	mastūr
Iranian reading?	mastur
Tajik reading?	mastur

Adjective

Dari	مستور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мастур

مستور • (mastur) (comparative مستورتَر (mastur-tar), superlative مستورتَرین (mastur-tarin))

1. covered, hidden, concealed
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3611:

     تک مران در کش عنان مستور به
     هر کس از پندار خود مسرور به

     tak ma-rān dar kaš 'inān mastūr bih
     har kas az pindār-i-xwad masrūr bih

     Do not gallop, draw rein, ’tis better (thy spirit) be veiled;
     ’tis better that every one be gladdened by his own fancy.

2. veiled, chaste

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مستور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim