astar

From a- +‎ star.

astar (not comparable) (predicative)

1. Covered with bright or sparkling objects.

   Synonym: spangled

   • 1903, Katherine Cecil Burton, The Circle‎^[1], New York: A.L. Burt, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 171:

     […] they could follow the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.

   • 1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71,^[2]

     The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.

2. Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.

   Synonyms: sparkling, twinkling

   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 8, in Anne of Green Gables‎^[3], Boston: L.C. Page, pages 79–80:

     She found Anne standing motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows, with her hands clasped behind her, her face uplifted, and her eyes astar with dreams.

   • 1993, Anne Gay, chapter 33, in Dancing on the Volcano‎^[4], London: Orbit, page 373:

     Astar with the cold fire of gems, it [the palace] was.

• Rasta, STAAR, atars, rasta, ratas

From Ottoman Turkish آستر, آستار, from Persian آستر (âstar).

astar m (plural astare, definite astari, definite plural astaret)

1. lining (as of a garment)

Ultimately from Persian آستر (âstar).^[1] Compare Turkish astar.

astar

1. lining of a garment

From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)

1. aster

• astar síneach m (“China aster”)

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)

1. alternative form of aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “astar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “aster”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “astar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Borrowed from Azerbaijani astar, from Persian آستر (âstar). Doublet of âstər, directly from Persian.

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [astaɾ]

astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)

1. lining

   Synonym: âstər

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

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astar m (genitive singular astair, plural astaran)

1. distance
2. speed

• ionnsachadh air astar (“distance learning”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “astar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[5], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

From Ottoman Turkish آستار (astar), from Persian آستر (âstar).

• Hyphenation: as‧tar

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astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)

1. lining (as of a garment)

• “astar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “astar”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı