بستو

See also: پشتو and تستو

Persian

Alternative forms

• بستک (bostok) (obsolete, dialectal)

Etymology

From an older form بستوک (bostuk). Compare dialectal بستوله (bastule, “jar”), also arabicized Persian بستوقه (bostuqe). Probably cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian бо́чка (bóčka).

Noun

بستو • (bastu, bostu)

1. a ceramic jar
2. (obsolete) a churn