tähestik

== Estonian == === Etymology === From täht (“star; letter”) +‎ -stik. Coined by Estonian clergyman and pedagogue Rudolf Kallas in 1881. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtæhestik/, [ˈtæɦesˌtʲikˑ] Rhymes: -æhestik Hyphenation: tä‧hes‧tik === Noun === tähestik (genitive tähestiku, partitive tähestikku) alphabet (a set of letters used in a language, presented in a certain order) Synonyms: (uncommon, foreign) alfabeet, (rare, dated) aapestik heebrea, araabia, saksa, eesti, vene tähestik ― the Hebrew, Arabic, German, Estonian, Russian alphabet (rare) a collection of stars ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === tähestik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “tähestik”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009