astar
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From a- + star.
=== Adjective ===
astar (not comparable) (predicative)
Covered with bright or sparkling objects.
Synonym: spangled
1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71,[2]
The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.
Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.
Synonyms: sparkling, twinkling
=== Anagrams ===
Rasta, STAAR, atars, rasta, ratas
== Albanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آستار (astar), from Classical Persian آستر (āstar).
=== Noun ===
astar m (plural astare, definite astari, definite plural astaret)
lining (as of a garment)
==== Declension ====
== Gagauz ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Persian آستر (âstar). Compare Turkish astar.
=== Noun ===
astar
lining of a garment
=== References ===
== Irish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).
==== Noun ====
astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)
aster
===== Derived terms =====
astar síneach m (“China aster”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)
alternative form of aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”)
=== Declension ===
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “astar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“aster”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “astar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
== Khalaj ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Azerbaijani astar, from Persian آستر (âstar). Doublet of âstər, directly from Persian.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [astaɾ]
=== Noun ===
astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)
lining
Synonym: âstər
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Noun ===
astar m (genitive singular astair, plural astaran)
distance
speed
==== Derived terms ====
ionnsachadh air astar (“distance learning”)
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “astar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish آستار (astar), from Persian آستر (âstar).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: as‧tar
=== Noun ===
astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)
lining (as of a garment)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“astar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “astar”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı