اساطیر

Persian

Alternative forms

• اسطوره‌ها (osture-hâ)

Etymology

From Arabic أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr).

Noun

اساطیر • (asâtir)

1. plural of اسطوره

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اساطیر (asātīr) from Arabic أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr)

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.sɑː.t̪iːɾ/

Noun

اَساطِیر • (asātīr) m pl (indeclinable, Hindi spelling असातीर)

1. plural of اُسطُورَہ (ustūra, “myth”)

Noun

اَساطِیر • (asātīr) m (Hindi spelling असातीर)

1. mythology

   اَژدَہے اَیسے اَفسانوی و جادُوئی مَخلُوقات ہَیں جو عالمی اَساطِیروں میں پائے جاتے ہَیں

   aźdahe aise afsānvī o jādūī maxlūqāt ha͠i jo 'ālmī asātīrõ mẽ pāe jāte ha͠i

   Dragons are legendary magical creatures that are found in mythologies worldwide.

   Synonyms: دیوْ کَھتا (dev khatā), دیوْ مالا (dev mālā), رِوایات (rivāyāt), صَنَمیات (sanamyāt), عِلْمُ الاَصْنام ('ilm-ul-asnām)

Declension

Declension of اساطیر
	singular	plural
direct	اساطیر (asātīr)	اساطیر (asātīr)
oblique	اساطیر (asātīr)	اساطیروں (asātīrō̃)
vocative	اساطیر (asātīr)	اساطیرو (asātīrō)

Derived terms

• اَساطِیری (asātīrī)
• اَساطِیر پَرَسْت (asātīr parast)
• اَساطِیر نِگار (asātīr nigār)
• اَساطِیرُ الاَوَّلِین (asātīr-ul-avvalīn)

References

• “اساطیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اساطیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اساطير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.