مست
See also: مشت
Arabic
Verb
مست (form I)
- مَسَّتْ (massat) /mas.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of مَسَّ (massa)
- مُسَّتْ (mussat) /mus.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of مَسَّ (massa)
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مست (mest).
Noun
مست • (mast, mest, mist) m (plural مسوت (mesut))
References
- Berggren, Jakob (1844) “botte”, in Guide français-arabe vulgaire des voyageurs et des Francs en Syrie et en Égypte, avec carte physique et géographique de la Syrie et plan géométrique de Jérusalem ancien et moderne. Comme supplément aux Voyages en Orient[1] (in French), Uppsala→: Leffler et Sebell, column 119
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مست”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 588b
- Wetzstein, Johann Gottfried (1857) “Der Markt in Damaskus”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[3] (in German), volume 11, page 484
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Adjective
مست • (mest)
Descendants
- Turkish: mest
Etymology 2
From Arabic مِسْح (misḥ, “haircloth”).
Noun
مست • (mest)
Descendants
- Turkish: mest
- → Egyptian Arabic: مز (mizz, mazz), مزد (mizd, mazd)
- → North Levantine Arabic: مست (mist, mast)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مست”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1059
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مست”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 4613
Persian
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭮𐭲 (mst /mast/, “drunk, bemused”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”). Cognate with Sanskrit मत्त (matta).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈmast/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäst̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæst̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäst̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mast |
| Dari reading? | mast |
| Iranian reading? | mast |
| Tajik reading? | mast |
Adjective
مست • (mast)
- drunk, intoxicated, inebriated
- (Dari) happy, delightful
- آهنگ مست افغانی (Dari romanization) ― āhang-i mast-i afġānī ― happy Afghan song
- (literary) in rut; (of elephants) in musth
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of the twelve champions”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings][6]:
- برفتند و نیزه گرفته به دست
خروشان به کردار پیلان مست- biraftand u nēza girifta ba dast
xurōšān ba kirdār-i pilān-i mast - He went and took the lance in his hand,
Roaring in the manner of elephants in musth.
- biraftand u nēza girifta ba dast
Derived terms
- سرمست (sarmast)
- مستانی (mastâni)
- مستانی (mastân)
- مستی (masti)
Descendants
Noun
مست • (mast)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈmust/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊst̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [most̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [must̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | must |
| Dari reading? | must |
| Iranian reading? | most |
| Tajik reading? | must |
Noun
مست • (most)
Derived terms
- مستمند (mostmand)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مست (mast).
Adjective
مست • (mast) (Hindi spelling मस्त)
Notes
Transliterated mustt in the song and album title Mustt Mustt.
Synonyms
- مت (matt)
Related terms
- مستی (mastī)
Noun
مست • (mast) m (Hindi spelling मस्त)
Synonyms
- مت (matt)