استره

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwstlk' /⁠awestarag⁠/, “razor”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔus.tu.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.ɾǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊ.ɾǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔus.t̪ʰu.ɾǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔos.t̪ʰo.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔus.t̪ʰu.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ustura
Dari reading^?	ustura
Iranian reading^?	ostore
Tajik reading^?	ustura

Noun


Iranian Persian	استره
Dari	استره
Tajik	устура

استره • (ostore)

razor (shaving knife)
Synonym: تیغ (tiġ)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: અસ્તરો (astaro)
→ Hindi: उस्तरा (ustarā)
→ Kazakh: ұстара (ūstara)
→ Ottoman Turkish: اوستره (ustura), اوستوره (ustura)
- Turkish: ustura
- → Armenian: ուսթուրա (ustʻura)
→ Urdu: استرا
→ Punjabi: ਉਸਤਰਾ (ustarā)
→ Uyghur: ئۇستۇرا (ustura)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “awestarag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 14