دستگیر

Persian

Etymology

دست (dast, “hand”) +‎ گیر (gir, present stem of گرفتن (gereftan, “to take”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dast.ˈɡiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æst̪.ɡʲíːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äst̪.ɡíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dastgīr
Dari reading?	dastgīr
Iranian reading?	dastgir
Tajik reading?	dastgir

Adjective

دستگیر • (dastgir)

1. arrested, under arrest

   Synonym: بازداشت (bâzdâšt)

2. captured, taken prisoner

Derived terms

• دستگیر شدن (dastgir šodan, “to be arrested”)
• دستگیر کردن (dastgir kardan, “to arrest”)
• دستگیری (dastgiri, “arrest”)

 

Noun

دستگیر • (dastgir)

1. helper, supporter, someone who takes one's hand
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 108:

     در پای غم فتاد سلیمی ز دست هجر
     وقتست ای پری که شوی دستگیر ما

     dar pā-yi ğam fitād salīmī zi dast-i hajr
     waqt ast ay parī ki šawī dastgīr-i mā

     Selim has fallen in the foot of grief out of his separation [from you];
     O my fairy, it is time for you to take me in the hand.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دستگیر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim