оҫта

From Persian اوستا (ustâ) / استاد (ostâd). Doublet of остаз (ostaz).

Note that the first form in Persian may have been reborrowed from a Turkic source.

Cognate with Tatar оста (osta, “master, craftsman”), Kazakh ұста (ūsta, “master; blacksmith”), Kyrgyz уста (usta, “master; blacksmith”), Uzbek usta (“master, professional”), Uyghur ئۇستا (usta, “master, professional”), Turkish usta (“master”).

• IPA^(key): [ʊ̞θˈtɑ]
• Hyphenation: оҫ‧та

оҫта • (ośta)

1. craftsman, artisan

   Үҙ эшенең оҫтаһы.

   Üź eşeneñ ośtahı.

   A master of his craft.

2. expert, master

оҫта • (ośta)

1. skillful, skilled, proficient

   Ауылда бик оҫта гармунсы була торғайны.

   Awılda bik ośta garmunsı bula torğaynı.

   There used to be a very skillful garmon player in the village.

оҫта • (ośta)

1. skillfully, expertly, proficiently