اساطیر
Persian
Alternative forms
- اسطورهها (osture-hâ)
Etymology
From Arabic أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr).
Noun
اساطیر • (asâtir)
- plural of اسطوره
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اساطیر (asātīr) from Arabic أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr)
Pronunciation
(Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.sɑː.t̪iːɾ/
Noun
اَساطِیر • (asātīr) m pl (indeclinable, Hindi spelling असातीर)
Noun
اَساطِیر • (asātīr) m (Hindi spelling असातीर)
- mythology
- Synonyms: دیوْ مالا (dev mālā), رِوایات (rivāyāt), صَنَمیات (sanamyāt), عِلْمُ الاَصْنام ('ilm-ul-asnām)
- اَژدَہے اَیسے اَفسانوی و جادُوئی مَخلُوقات ہَیں جو عالمی اَساطِیروں میں پائے جاتے ہَیں
- aźdahe aise afsānvī o jādūī maxlūqāt ha͠i jo 'ālmī asātīrõ mẽ pāe jāte ha͠i
- Dragons are legendary magical creatures that are found in mythologies worldwide.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اساطیر (asātīr) | اساطیر (asātīr) |
| oblique | اساطیر (asātīr) | اساطیروں (asātīrõ) |
| vocative | اساطیر (asātīr) | اساطیرو (asātīro) |
Derived terms
- اَساطِیری (asātīrī)
- اَساطِیر پَرَسْت (asātīr parast)
- اَساطِیر نِگار (asātīr nigār)
- اَساطِیرُ الاَوَّلِین (asātīr-ul-avvalīn)
References
- “اساطیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اساطیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اساطير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.