اسطوره

See also: اسطورة and أسطورة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra, fable, myth).

Noun

اسطوره • (ustura) (plural اساطیر (esatir))

  1. tale, legend, myth, fable, any fictitious narrative told to excite wonder
    Synonyms: افسانه (efsane), داستان (dastan), قصه (kıssa), مثل (masal)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ustura

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra, fable, myth), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, inquiry, examination).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ustūra
Dari reading? ustūra
Iranian reading? osture
Tajik reading? ustura

Noun

Dari اسطوره
Iranian Persian
Tajik устура

اسطوره • (osture) (plural اساطیر (asâtir), or اسطوره‌ها (osture-hâ))

  1. myth
    Synonyms: افسانه (afsâne), افسان (afsân), اندار (andâr)
    • late 1100s, Khāqānī, “Qaṣīda 97”, in دیوان خاقانی[4]:
      قفل اسطورهٔ ارسطو را
      بر در احسن الملل منهید
      qufl-i ustūra-yi arastū rā
      bar dar-i ahsanu-l-milal ma-nihēd
      Do not put the padlock of Aristotle's myths on the door of the best of nations.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

  • اسطوره‌شناسی (osture-šenâsi, mythology)