ماست

See also: ماشي

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian ماست (mâst).

Noun

مَاسْت • (māst) m

  1. (obsolete) yoghurt
    • a. 1222, نَجِيب الدِّين السَّمَرْقَنْدِيّ [najīb ad-dīn as-samarqandiyy], edited by Juliane Müller, كِتَاب الْأَغْذِيَة وَٱلْأَشْرِبَة [kitāb al-ʔaḡdiya wa-l-ʔǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101)‎[1], Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 120:
      الماست أبرد من اللبن الحليب يطفّئ الحرارة ويصلح أن يؤكل قبل الطعام في يوم تعب وحرّ.
      Yoghurt is colder than fresh milk, extinguishes the heat and is aptly eaten before a meal on a hard and hot day.
Declension
Declension of noun مَاسْت (māst)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَاسْت
māst 		الْمَاسْت
al-māst 		مَاسْت
māst
nominative مَاسْتٌ
māstun 		الْمَاسْتُ
al-māstu 		مَاسْتُ
māstu
accusative مَاسْتًا
māstan 		الْمَاسْتَ
al-māsta 		مَاسْتَ
māsta
genitive مَاسْتٍ
māstin 		الْمَاسْتِ
al-māsti 		مَاسْتِ
māsti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

مَاسَّتْ • (māssat) (form III) /maːs.sat/

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَّ (māssa)

Central Kurdish

Noun

ماست (mast)

  1. yogurt

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? māst
Dari reading? māst
Iranian reading? mâst
Tajik reading? most

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (m’st' /⁠māst⁠/, “yoghurt”), from Classical Syriac ܡܣܬܐ (mastā).

Noun

Dari ماست
Iranian Persian
Tajik мост

ماست • (mâst) (plural ماست‌ها)

  1. yoghurt
    ماست و خیار ― mâst o xiyâr ― mast-o-khiyar, a cucumber and yoghurt side dish
Derived terms
  • ماستابه (mâst-âbe)
  • ماستبا (mâst-bâ)
  • ماست‌بند (mâst-band)
  • ماست‌مالی (mâst-mâli)
  • ماست‌موسیر (mâst-musir)
Descendants
  • → Arabic: مَاسْت (māst)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Contraction

ماست • (mâ-st)

  1. contraction of ما (mâ) + است (ast).
    این کشور ماست. ― in kešvar-e mâ-st. ― This is our country.
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