مست

See also: مشت

Arabic

Verb

مست (form I)

  1. مَسَّتْ (massat) /mas.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of مَسَّ (massa)
  2. 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, mistm (plural مسوت (mesut))

  1. (obsolete) indoor shoes, slippers, chaussons
    Synonym: شحاطة (šuḥḥāṭa)

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

From Persian مست (mast).

Adjective

مست • (mest)

  1. drunk, boozy (also figurative)
Descendants
  • Turkish: mest

Etymology 2

From Arabic مِسْح (misḥ, haircloth).

Noun

مست • (mest)

  1. moccasin
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

    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

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? mast
    Dari reading? mast
    Iranian reading? mast
    Tajik reading? mast

    Adjective

    مست • (mast)

    1. drunk, intoxicated, inebriated
    2. (Dari) happy, delightful
      آهنگ مست افغانی (Dari romanization)āhang-i mast-i afġānīhappy Afghan song
    3. (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.
        (Classical Persian romanization)
    Derived terms
    • سرمست (sarmast)
    • مستانی (mastâni)
    • مستانی (mastân)
    • مستی (masti)
    Descendants

    Noun

    مست • (mast)

    1. drunk; drunkard
    2. (figurative) person who is intoxicated with or overcome with love for God; Sufi

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? must
    Dari reading? must
    Iranian reading? most
    Tajik reading? must

    Noun

    مست • (most)

    1. distress
    2. need
    3. complaint
    Derived terms

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian مست (mast).

    Adjective

    مست • (mast) (Hindi spelling मस्त)

    1. drunk
    2. intoxicated
    3. lustful

    Notes

    Transliterated mustt in the song and album title Mustt Mustt.

    Synonyms

    Noun

    مست • (mastm (Hindi spelling मस्त)

    1. drunkard
    2. madman

    Synonyms