دبستان

Persian

Alternative forms

  • ادبستان (adabistān / adabestân)

Etymology

First element dab related to دبیر (dabīr / dabir) (whence دبیرستان (dabīristān / dabirestân, “highschool”)), دیباچه (dībāča / dibâče, “preface of a book”), دیباه (dībāh / dibâh, “a kind of silk”) and دیوان (dēwān / divân). See Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥 (dibīr) for more. Compare Northern Kurdish dibistan.

By folk etymology, ادب (adab) +‎ ـستان (-istān / -estân).

Pronunciation

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

Readings
Classical reading? dabistān
Dari reading? dabistān
Iranian reading? dabestân
Tajik reading? dabiston

Noun

دبستان • (dabistān / dabestân) (Tajik spelling дабистон)

  1. primary school
  2. (dated, original sense) school

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: दबिस्तान (dabistān)
    Urdu: دَبِسْتان (dabistān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَبِسْتَان (dabistān).

Pronunciation

Noun

دَبِسْتان • (dabistān) m (Hindi spelling दबिस्तान)

  1. school
  2. school of thought
    Synonyms: مدرسہ (madrasa), مکتب (maktab)
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