استاذ

See also: أستاذ‎ and استاد‎

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أُسْتَاذ‎ (ʔustāḏ), from Persian استاذ‎ (ustāð).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪs.taːð/

Noun

اِسْتاذ • (istāḏ) m (plural اَساتِذة‎ (asātiḏa), feminine اِسْتاذة‎ (istāḏa))

  1. male teacher, male instructor
    Coordinate term: ابلة‎ (abḷa)
  2. (chiefly historical) ship designer
    Coordinate term: (shipbuilder) قلاف‎ (gaḷḷāf)

Usage notes

The usual feminine counterpart is ابلة‎ (abḷa), with اِسْتاذة‎ (istāḏa) being used in some contexts.

Persian

Noun

استاذ • (ostâz)

  1. Alternative form of استاد‎, now considered an archaic form and virtually completely replaced by استاد (ostad).
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