روستائی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- روستایی (rustayi)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian روستایی (rustāyī).
Adjective
روستائی • (rustai, rüstai)
- rustic, pastoral, of the country
Noun
روستائی • (rustai, rüstai)
- villager, peasant
- clownishness, boorishness
Related terms
- روستا (rusta)
Further reading
- Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), “rustai”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “rustâî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1078
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “روستائی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 993b