دستیار
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dstydʾl /dastyār/), from Proto-Iranian *dasta-dāra- (literally “one who holds the hand”), cf. modern دست (dast, “hand”), دار (dâr, “to have”). Compare Manichaean Parthian dstdʾr (dstdʾr) and Old Armenian դաստիարակ (dastiarak); an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /dast.ˈjaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äst̪.jɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æst̪.jɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äst̪.jɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dastyār |
| Dari reading? | dastyār |
| Iranian reading? | dastyâr |
| Tajik reading? | dastyor |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
دستیار • (dastyâr) (plural دستیاران, or دستیارها)
- assistant, helper
- c. 1100, Masʿūd-i Saʿd-i Salmān, “Qaṣīda 13”, in دیوان مسعود سعد سلمان[1]:
- زیان چه دارد اگر وقت کار و ساعت جنگ
بود سپاه تو را دستیار از آتش و آب- ziyān či dārad agar waqt-i kār u sa'āt-i jang
buwad sipāh-i tō rā dastyār az ātaš u āb - How shall there be loss if, when it is time for work and the hour for battle,
Your army has helpers from among water and fire?
- ziyān či dārad agar waqt-i kār u sa'āt-i jang
- (obsolete) pupil, disciple
- (obsolete) subject
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دستیار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dastyār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press