مست

See also: مشت

Arabic

Verb

مست (form I)

  1. مَسَّتْ (massat) /mas.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of مَسَّ (massa)
  2. مُسَّتْ (mussat) /mus.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of مَسَّ (massa)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مست (mest).

Noun

مست • (mast, mest, mistm (plural مسوت (mesut))

  1. (obsolete) indoor shoes, slippers, chaussons
    Synonym: شحاطة (šuḥḥāṭa)

References

  • Berggren, Jakob (1844), “botte”, in Guide français-arabe vulgaire des voyageurs et des Francs en Syrie et en Égypte, avec carte physique et géographique de la Syrie et plan géométrique de Jérusalem ancien et moderne. Comme supplément aux Voyages en Orient[1] (in French), Uppsala: Leffler et Sebell, column 119
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “مست”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 588b
  • Wetzstein, Johann Gottfried (1857), “Der Markt in Damaskus”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[3] (in German), volume 11, page 484

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

    From Persian مست (mast).

    Adjective

    مست • (mest)

    1. drunk, boozy (also figurative)
    Descendants
    • Turkish: mest

    Etymology 2

      From Arabic مِسْح (misḥ, haircloth).

      Noun

      مست • (mest)

      1. moccasin
      Descendants
      • Turkish: mest
      • Egyptian Arabic: مز (mizz, mazz), مزد (mizd, mazd)
      • North Levantine Arabic: مست (mist, mast)

      References

      • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مست”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1059
      • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مست”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 4613

      Persian

      Etymology 1

        From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭮𐭲 (mst /⁠mast⁠/, drunk, bemused), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás (drunk, intoxicated), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet). Cognate with Sanskrit मत्त (matta).

        Pronunciation

         

        Readings
        Classical reading? mast
        Dari reading? mast
        Iranian reading? mast
        Tajik reading? mast

        Adjective

        مست • (mast)

        1. drunk, intoxicated, inebriated
        2. (Dari) happy, delightful
          آهنگ مست افغانی (Dari romanization)āhang-i mast-i afġānīhappy Afghan song
        3. (literary) in rut; (of elephants) in musth
          • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of the twelve champions”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎[6]:
            برفتند و نیزه گرفته به دست
            خروشان به کردار پیلان مست
            biraftand u nēza girifta ba dast
            xurōšān ba kirdār-i pilān-i mast
            He went and took the lance in his hand,
            Roaring in the manner of elephants in musth.
            (Classical Persian romanization)
        Derived terms
        • سرمست (sarmast)
        • مستانی (mastâni)
        • مستانی (mastân)
        • مستی (masti)
        Descendants

        Noun

        مست • (mast)

        1. drunk; drunkard
        2. (figurative) person who is intoxicated with or overcome with love for God; Sufi

        Etymology 2

        Pronunciation

         

        Readings
        Classical reading? must
        Dari reading? must
        Iranian reading? most
        Tajik reading? must

        Noun

        مست • (most)

        1. distress
        2. need
        3. complaint
        Derived terms

        Urdu

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Classical Persian مست (mast).

        Adjective

        مست • (mast) (Hindi spelling मस्त)

        1. drunk
        2. intoxicated
        3. lustful

        Notes

        Transliterated mustt in the song and album title Mustt Mustt.

        Synonyms

        Noun

        مست • (mastm (Hindi spelling मस्त)

        1. drunkard
        2. madman

        Synonyms