آبدست

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبدست (âbdast).

Noun

آبدست • (âbdest)

  1. (Islam) abdest, wudu

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Further reading

  • Kakuk, Suzanne (1973) Recherches sur l’histoire de la langue osmanlie des XVIe et XVIIe siècles. Les éléments osmanlis de la langue hongroise (Near and Middle East Monographs; 17) (in French), The Hague and Paris: Mouton, page 23

Persian

Etymology

From آب (âb, water) +‎ دست (dast, hand).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ābdast
Dari reading? ābdast
Iranian reading? âbdast
Tajik reading? obdast

Noun

آبدست • (âbdast) (Tajik spelling обдаст)

  1. (archaic, Islam) abdest, wudu
    Synonym: وضو (vozu)
  2. (archaic) ablution

Derived terms

  • آبدستخانه (âbdastxâne)

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