Etymology

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Today it means: a master, especially of music, in South Asia and the Middle East Full definition →

Urdu استاد ← Classical Persian استاد
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromاستاد“master”
  2. Urdu · derived fromاستاد
  3. English todayustad

From Urdu استاد (ustād), from Classical Persian استاد (ustād, “master”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.