astar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "astar"

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ star.

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

• Rasta, STAAR, atars, rasta, ratas

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. lining (as of a garment)

Declension

Declension of astar

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	astar	astari	astare	astaret
accusative		astarin
dative	astari	astarit	astareve	astareve
ablative			astaresh

Gagauz

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian آستر (âstar). Compare Turkish astar.

Noun

astar

1. lining of a garment

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)

1. aster

Derived terms

• astar síneach m (“China aster”)

Etymology 2

Noun

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)

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

Declension

Declension of astar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative astar astair vocative a astair a astara genitive astair astar dative astar astair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-astar na hastair genitive an astair na n-astar dative leis an astar don astar leis na hastair

Mutation

Mutated forms of astar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
astar	n-astar	hastar	t-astar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “astar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “aster”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “astar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		آستَر

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [astaɾ]

Noun

astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)

1. lining

   Synonym: âstər

Declension

Declension of astar

	singular	plural
nominative	astar	astarlar
genitive	astarııñ	astarlarııñ
dative	astarqa	astarlarqa
definite accusative	astarı	astarları
locative	astarça	astarlarça
ablative	astarda	astarlarda
instrumental	astarla	astarlarla
equative	astarvâra	astarlarvâra

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

astar m (genitive singular astair, plural astaran)

1. distance
2. speed

Derived terms

• ionnsachadh air astar (“distance learning”)

Mutation

Mutation of astar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
astar	n-astar	h-astar	t-astar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: as‧tar

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Noun

astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)

1. lining (as of a garment)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	astar
Definite accusative	astarı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	astar	astarlar
Definite accusative	astarı	astarları
Dative	astara	astarlara
Locative	astarda	astarlarda
Ablative	astardan	astarlardan
Genitive	astarın	astarların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular astarım astarlarım 2nd singular astarın astarların 3rd singular astarı astarları 1st plural astarımız astarlarımız 2nd plural astarınız astarlarınız 3rd plural astarları astarları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular astarımı astarlarımı 2nd singular astarını astarlarını 3rd singular astarını astarlarını 1st plural astarımızı astarlarımızı 2nd plural astarınızı astarlarınızı 3rd plural astarlarını astarlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular astarıma astarlarıma 2nd singular astarına astarlarına 3rd singular astarına astarlarına 1st plural astarımıza astarlarımıza 2nd plural astarınıza astarlarınıza 3rd plural astarlarına astarlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular astarımda astarlarımda 2nd singular astarında astarlarında 3rd singular astarında astarlarında 1st plural astarımızda astarlarımızda 2nd plural astarınızda astarlarınızda 3rd plural astarlarında astarlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular astarımdan astarlarımdan 2nd singular astarından astarlarından 3rd singular astarından astarlarından 1st plural astarımızdan astarlarımızdan 2nd plural astarınızdan astarlarınızdan 3rd plural astarlarından astarlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular astarımın astarlarımın 2nd singular astarının astarlarının 3rd singular astarının astarlarının 1st plural astarımızın astarlarımızın 2nd plural astarınızın astarlarınızın 3rd plural astarlarının astarlarının

Further reading

• “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