ostor

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From Proto-Ugric *oćtɜrɜ (“sprout, shoot, twig; whip”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáštraH. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈoʃtor] Hyphenation: os‧tor Rhymes: -or === Noun === ostor whip (a pliant, flexible instrument used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals) the vertical rope of a shadoof where the bucket is hung Synonym: kútostor (biology) flagellum (a lash-like appendage that protrudes from the cell body of certain bacterial cells) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === ostor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.