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الدست

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily deals with Persian loanwords related to textiles, paper, and the central part of a house. It also includes place names and personal names derived from these terms.

Derived headwords

الدشتnoun
  1. 1.
    textile, clothclassical

    Refers to a type of fabric or textile, often of Persian origin.

  2. 2.
    paperclassical

    Denotes paper, also considered a loanword from Persian.

  3. 3.
    center of a houseclassical

    Signifies the central part or main area of a dwelling.

دستnoun
  1. 1.
    textile, clothclassical

    A loanword from Persian referring to cloth or textiles.

  2. 2.
    paperclassical

    Another meaning of this Persian loanword, referring to paper.

  3. 3.
    center of a houseclassical

    The central part or main area of a house.

دستوانيname
  1. 1.
    نسبة to Dastawaclassical

    A nisba (adjective of relation) indicating origin from or association with a place named Dastawa.

دستوائيname
  1. 1.
    نسبة to Dastawaclassical

    An alternative nisba (adjective of relation) indicating origin from or association with a place named Dastawa.

دوستname
  1. 1.
    given nameclassical

    A given name, notably borne by individuals like Al-Qasim ibn Nasr and the ancestor of Abd al-Karim ibn Uthman.

دوستويهname
  1. 1.
    given nameclassical

    A personal name, as in the case of the hadith narrator Abu Zur'ah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Dustawayh.

Parallel reading

الدست: الدشت، ومن الثياب والورق وصدر البيت، معربات.
Al-Dast: Al-Dasht, and from it are textiles, paper, and the center of the house; they are Arabized words.
ودستوى، بالقصر: ة بالأهواز، والنسبة: دستواني ودستوائي.
And Dastawa, with shortening [of the vowel]: a town in Ahwaz, and the nisba is Dastawani and Dastawa'i.
ودوست، بالضم: لقب القاسم بن نصر بن العابد، وجد جد عبد الكريم بن عثمان بن محمد بن يوسف العلاف، وذويه.
And Dust, with damma: a title of Al-Qasim ibn Nasr ibn Al-'Abid, and the grandfather of the grandfather of Abd al-Karim ibn Uthman ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-'Allaf, and his kin.
وأبو زرعة محمد بن محمد بن دوستويه: محدث.
And Abu Zur'ah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Dustawayh: a hadith narrator.