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اسطوره

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra, fable, myth), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, inquiry, examination).

Noun

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اسطوره (ustura) (plural اساطیر (esatir))

  1. tale, legend, myth, fable, any fictitious narrative told to excite wonder
    Synonyms: افسانه (efsane), داستان (dastan), قصه (kıssa), مثل (masal)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: ustura

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra, fable, myth), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, inquiry, examination).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ustūra
Dari reading? ustūra
Iranian reading? osture
Tajik reading? ustura

Noun

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Dari اسطوره
Iranian Persian
Tajik устура

اسطوره (osture) (plural اساطیر (asâtir) or اسطوره‌ها (osture-hâ))

  1. myth
    Synonyms: افسانه (afsâne), افسان (afsân), اندار (andâr)
    • late 1100s, Khāqānī, “Qaṣīda 97”, in دیوان خاقانی[4]:
      قفل اسطورهٔ ارسطو را
      بر در احسن الملل منهید
      qufl-i ustūra-yi arastū rā
      bar dar-i ahsanu-l-milal ma-nihēd
      Do not put the padlock of Aristotle's myths on the door of the best of nations.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

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