دستیار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian dstydʾl (dastyār). Compare Manichaean Parthian dstdʾr (dstdʾr) and Old Armenian դաստիարակ (dastiarak); an Iranian borrowing.

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Noun

دستیار • (dastyâr) (plural دستیاران (dastyârân) or دستیارها (dastyâr-hâ))

1. assistant, helper, minister
2. pupil, disciple
3. subject

Related terms

• دست (dast)
• یار (yâr)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دستیار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dastyār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press