مستور
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Arabic
[edit]Adjective
[edit]مَسْتُور • (mastūr)
- hidden, concealed, secret
- تُمِّ مُنَاقَشَة مَوْضُوع مَسْتُور فِي الْاِجْتِمَاع الْسِّرِي.
- tummi munāqaša(t) mawḍūʕ mastūr fī l-ijtimāʕ al-ssirī.
- A confidential topic was discussed in the secret meeting.
- honest
Noun
[edit]مَسْتُور • (mastūr) m (plural مَسَاتِير (masātīr))
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مَسْتُور (mastūr, “hidden, concealed”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mas.ˈtuːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæs.t̪ʰúːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäs.t̪ʰúɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mastūr |
Dari reading? | mastūr |
Iranian reading? | mastur |
Tajik reading? | mastur |
Adjective
[edit]Dari | مستور |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | мастур |
مستور • (mastur) (comparative مستورتَر (mastur-tar), superlative مستورتَرین (mastur-tarin))
- covered, hidden, concealed
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3611:
- تک مران در کش عنان مستور به
هر کس از پندار خود مسرور به- tak ma-rān dar kaš 'inān mastūr bih
har kas az pindār-i-xwad masrūr bih - Do not gallop, draw rein, ’tis better (thy spirit) be veiled;
’tis better that every one be gladdened by his own fancy.
- tak ma-rān dar kaš 'inān mastūr bih
- veiled, chaste
References
[edit]- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مستور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim