رستم
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian رستم (rostam).
Proper noun
رستم • (rustam) m
- (Iranian mythology) Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology
- a male given name, Rustam, from Persian
Further reading
- Aslanov, M. G. (1985) “رستم”, in Puštu-russkij slovarʹ [Pashto–Russian Dictionary], 2nd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
Persian
| Dari | رستم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Рустам |
Etymology
From Middle Persian lwtsthm (/rōdstahm/), from Middle Persian lwd (/rōd/, “river”, whence modern رود (rud)) and stʾhmb (/stahm/, “force, power”, whence ستم (setam, “injustice, tyranny”)), i.e. “strong as a river”. Akin to Old Armenian Առոստոմ (Aṙostom), Ռոստոմ (Ṙostom), Ռաստոմ (Ṙastom), from Middle Iranian.
Firdawsī’s great epic, the Shāhnāma, gives the name a folk etymology from رستم (rastam, “I escaped”), because the hero was born by Caesarean section.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɾus.ˈtam/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rʊs.t̪ʰǽm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹos.t̪ʰǽm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾus.t̪ʰǽm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rustam |
| Dari reading? | rustam |
| Iranian reading? | rostam |
| Tajik reading? | rustam |
Proper noun
رستم • (rostam)
- (Iranian mythology) Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology
- a male given name, Rostam or Rustam, from Middle Persian
Derived terms
- رستمپور (rostam-pur)
Descendants
- → Arabic: رُسْتُم (rustum)
- → Azerbaijani: Rüstəm
- → Bashkir: Рөстәм (Röstəm)
- → Chagatai: رستم (Rustäm)
- Uyghur: رۇستەم (rustem)
- Uzbek: Rustam
- → Georgian: როსტომი (rosṭomi)
- → Gujarati: રૂસ્તમ (rūstam), રુસ્તમ (rustam)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: रुस्तम (rustam)
- Urdu: رستم (rustam)
- → Kazakh: Рүстем (Rüstem)
- → Ottoman Turkish: رستم (Rüstem)
- Turkish: Rüstem
- → Albanian: Rustem
- → Russian: Рустем (Rustem)
- → Tatar: Рөстәм (Röstäm)
- → Turkmen: Rüstem
Noun
رستم • (rostam)
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾʊs.t̪əm/
Noun
رستم • (rustam) m (Hindi spelling रुस्तम)