ماست

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian ماست (mâst).

Noun

مَاسْت • (māst) m

1. (obsolete) yoghurt
   • a. 1222, نَجِيب الدِّين السَّمَرْقَنْدِيّ [najīb ad-dīn as-samarqandiyy], edited by Juliane Müller, كِتَاب الْأَغْذِيَة وَٱلْأَشْرِبَة [kitāb al-ʔaḡdiya wa-l-ʔǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 120:

     الماست أبرد من اللبن الحليب يطفّئ الحرارة ويصلح أن يؤكل قبل الطعام في يوم تعب وحرّ.

     Yoghurt is colder than fresh milk, extinguishes the heat and is aptly eaten before a meal on a hard and hot day.

Declension

Declension of noun مَاسْت (māst)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاسْت māst	الْمَاسْت al-māst	مَاسْت māst
Nominative	مَاسْتٌ māstun	الْمَاسْتُ al-māstu	مَاسْتُ māstu
Accusative	مَاسْتًا māstan	الْمَاسْتَ al-māsta	مَاسْتَ māsta
Genitive	مَاسْتٍ māstin	الْمَاسْتِ al-māsti	مَاسْتِ māsti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

1. third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَّ (māssa)
2. third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَسَ (māsasa)

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Central Kurdish

Noun

ماست (mast)

1. yogurt

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (m’st' /⁠māst⁠/, “yoghurt”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	m
Dari reading?	m
Iranian reading?	m
Tajik reading?	m

Noun

Dari	ماست
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мост

ماست • (mâst) (plural ماست‌ها (mâst-hâ))

1. yoghurt

   ماست و خیار ― mâst o xiyâr ― mast-o-khiyar, a cucumber and yoghurt side dish

Related terms

• ماسیدن (mâsidan)

Derived terms

• ماست موسیر (mâst-musir)
• ماست‌مالی (mâst-mali)
• ماست‌بند (mâst-band)

Descendants

• → Arabic: مَاسْت (māst)

References

1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ماست”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
2. PAHLAVICA - "m’st'".

Etymology 2

Contraction

ماست • (mâ-st)

1. Contraction of ما (mâ) + است (ast).

   این کشور ماست. ― in kešvar-e mâ-st. ― This is our country.