بستر

See also: تشتر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بستر (bestar).

Noun

بستر • (bister)

  1. bed, a piece of furniture on which to rest or sleep
    Synonym: یاتاق (yatak)
  2. (in general) anything spread out on which one may lie or sleep
    Synonyms: مرقد (merkad), مهاد (mihad), یاتاق (yatak)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wstl /⁠wistar⁠/, bedding), from Proto-Iranian *Habí (to, for) + *starH- (to spread), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí (to, for) + Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (to spread, stretch out).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɪs.t̪ʰäɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɪs.t̪ʰäɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bis.t̪ʰäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? bistar
Dari reading? bistar
Iranian reading? bestar
Tajik reading? bistar

Noun

Dari بستر
Iranian Persian
Tajik бистар

بِسْتَر • (bestar)

  1. bed; mattress
  2. bedding
  3. floor

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: बिस्तर (bistar)
    Urdu: بِسْتَر (bistar)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بستر (bister)
  • Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: بستر (bistar)
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਿਸਤਰ (bistar)
  • Urdu: بستر (bistar)

References

  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian بِسْتَر (bistar).

Pronunciation

Noun

بِسْتَر • (bistar) m (Hindi spelling बिस्तर)

  1. bed, mattress
  2. bedding
  3. pillow
  4. carpet
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