كستره

See also: كسترة

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

    Noun

    كستره • (kustarra) f (plural كسترات (kustarrāt))

    1. alternative spelling of كسترة (kustarra)

    Etymology 2

      Noun

      كستره • (kastara) f

      1. alternative spelling of كسترة (kastara)

      Ottoman Turkish

      Etymology 1

        Borrowed from a local Aramaic language, found with emphatic state ending in Arabic كُسْتَرَّا (kustarrā), خُسْتَرَّا (ḵustarrā), and with diminutive -ōnā in Arabic كَسْطَرُون (kasṭarūn), بَسْطَرُون (basṭarūn), and recorded by Bar Bahlul as ܓܘܣܬܒܪܝܢ (gustaḇrīn) and Classical Syriac ܦܣܛܪܐ (pasṭərā, “plane”) in the dialect of Tikrit, ultimately a borrowing of a Middle Iranian form *vistarag inherited in Classical Persian کشتره (kuštara), anlaut change as in گرج (gurj).

        Alternative forms

        Noun

        كستره • (küstere, küstüre)

        1. long plane; grindstone
        Descendants
        • Turkish: küstere, köstere
        • → Egyptian Arabic: كسترة (kustarra), كسطرة (kusṭarra)

        Etymology 2

          From Ancient Greek κέστρον (késtron, “betony”).

          Alternative forms

          Noun

          كستره • (kestere, küstere)

          1. wood betony (Stachys officinalis syn. Betonica officinalis)
          Descendants
          • Turkish: kestere, küstere
          • → Crimean Tatar: kestere

          References

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