ustaz
Indonesian
noun
Definitions
- (Islam) ustad, a religious teacher
- mister
Etymology
Inherited from Malay ustaz derived from Arabic أُسْتَاذ (professor) derived from Persian استاد (master, professor) derived from Proto-Iranian *Hawastātas, *HawastaHyáti, *staHyáti derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *staHyáti derived from Proto-Indo-European *stoh₂éyeti (cause to stand).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*stoh₂éyeti
Gloss
cause to stand
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *stoh₂éyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *stōwijaną Proto-Germanic
- أُسْتَاذ Arabic
- उस्ताद Hindi
- استاد Persian
- استادان Persian
- استادانه Persian
- استادها Persian
- ustaz Malay
- ұстаз Kazakh
- ustad Azerbaijani
- ოსტატი Georgian
- ওস্তাদ Assamese
- *staHyáti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ওস্তাদ Bengali
- استاد Urdu
- остаз Bashkir
- ʾwstʾt' Middle Persian
- *HawastaHyáti Proto-Iranian
- *Hawastātas Proto-Iranian
- *staHyáti Proto-Iranian
- ਉਸਤਾਦ Panjabi, Punjabi
- устод Tajik
- ustad Zazaki
- אסתאדא Lishana Deni