düstur

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دستور (düstur), from Arabic دُسْتُور (dustūr), from Persian دستور (dastur). Doublet of destur, borrowed directly from Persian.

Noun

düstur (definite accusative düsturu, plural düsturlar) (obsolete)

1. code of laws
2. (medicine) codex

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “düstur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 903
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN