destan

The current sense is from Persian داستان (dâstân), natively can still be seen used synonymously with doz, dawa (meaning "case, courtcase") in some dialects.

• IPA^(key): /dɛsˈtɑːn/

destan f

1. epic, poem
2. story

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “destan”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 139

From Ottoman Turkish داستان (dastan), from Persian داستان (dâstân).

• IPA^(key): [dɛsˈtɑn]
• Hyphenation: des‧tan

destan (definite accusative destanı, plural destanlar)

1. an epic, a saga

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

From Persian داستان (dâstân).

• IPA^(key): [dɛsˈtɑn]

destan (plural destane, female equivalent destani)

1. an epic, a saga