دستگیر

Persian

Etymology

(dast, “hand”) +‎ (gir, present stem of (gereftan, “to take”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dast.ˈɡiːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æst̪.ɡʲíːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dastgīr
Dari reading^?	dastgīr
Iranian reading^?	dastgir
Tajik reading^?	dastgir

Adjective

دستگیر • (dastgir)

arrested, under arrest
Synonym: بازداشت (bâzdâšt)
captured, taken prisoner

Derived terms

دستگیر شدن (dastgir šodan, “to be arrested”)
دستگیر کردن (dastgir kardan, “to arrest”)
دستگیری (dastgiri, “arrest”)

Noun

دستگیر • (dastgir)

helper, supporter, someone who takes one's hand
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 108:
  در پای غم فتاد سلیمی ز دست هجر
  وقتست ای پری که شوی دستگیر ما
  dar pā-yi ġam fitād salīmī zi dast-i hajr
  waqt ast ay parī ki šawī dastgīr-i mā
  Selim has fallen in the foot of grief out of his separation [from you];
  O my fairy, it is time for you to take me in the hand.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دستگیر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim