أسطورة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía), with the native Arabic سَطَرَ (saṭara, to write, to compose lines).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūraf (plural أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr))

  1. myth, fable, tale, legend, story especially full of embellishments

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ottoman Turkish: اسطوره (ustura)
    • Turkish: ustura

References

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