Etymology

dastur

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Today it means: A Zoroastrian high priest ranking above a mobad or herbad. Full definition →

Classical Persian دَسْتُور (dastūr) ← Middle Persian 𐭩𐭣𐭤 (ydh) ← Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰástas
  3. Old Persian𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t)
  4. Middle Persian𐭩𐭣𐭤 (ydh)
  5. Classical Persianدَسْت (dast)?
  6. Classical Persianدَسْتُور (dastūr)
  7. English todaydastur

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَسْتُور (dastūr).

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