دستی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- تستی (testi)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دستی (dasti, “portable, handheld; kind of vessel”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dastīg, “-handed”).
Noun
دستی • (desti) (definite accusative دستییی (destiyi), plural دستیلر (destiler))
- pitcher or jug of earthenware
Declension
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Derived terms
- دستیجك (desticik, “cruse, small pitcher”)
- صو دستیسی (su destisi, “water jug”)
- یاغ دستیسی (yağ destisi, “butter jar”)
- یشیل دستی (yeşil desti, “varnished pitcher”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “دستی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 741
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “testi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4770
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “دستی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 224a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دستی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 573
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Lagena”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 909
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دستی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2082
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “testi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دستی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 903
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dastīg, “-handed”), also borrowed in Arabic دَسْتِيج (dastīj), and as well newly formed from دست (dast, “hand”) + ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /das.ˈtiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äs.t̪ʰíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æs.t̪ʰíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äs.t̪ʰí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dastī |
| Dari reading? | dastī |
| Iranian reading? | dasti |
| Tajik reading? | dasti |
Adjective
| Dari | دستی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | дастӣ |
دستی • (dasti)
- portable, handheld (device and equipment that are small and light enough to be carried by hand)
- چراغ دستی ― čerâġ-e dasti ― flashlight
- کیف دستی ― kif-e dasti ― small bag, purse
- made by hand, handcrafted
- صنایع دستی ― sanâye'-e dasti ― handicrafts (literally, “handcrafted arts”)
- tamed, domesticated (especially of birds)
- Synonyms: رام (râm), دست آموز (dast âmuz)
- fake, artificial
- خاک دستی ― xâk-e dasti ― artificial soil, fake soil
- (rare, only in certain compounds) temporary, short-term
Descendants
Noun
دستی • (dasti)
- Certain vessels, dishes, or containers that have handles on both sides such as baskets, pots, etc. (usage varies by region)
Descendants
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “دستی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne; Goeje, Michael Jan (1866), Description de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne par Edrîsî[6] (in French), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 300
- أبو محمد عبد الله بن مسلم بن قتيبة (a. 889), Michael Jan de Goeje, editor, Ibn Qotaiba. Liber poësis et poëtarum. كتاب الشعر والشعراء وقيل طبقات الشعراء[7] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1904, page 381