ماست
See also: ماشي
Arabic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَاسْت (māst), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (m’st' /māst/, “yoghurt”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܡܣܬܐ (mastā).
Noun
مَاسْت • (māst) m
- (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
| 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
مَاسَّتْ • (māssat) (form III) /maːs.sat/
- third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَّ (māssa)
Central Kurdish
Noun
ماست (mast)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَاسْت (māst), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (m’st' /māst/, “yoghurt”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܡܣܬܐ (mastā).
Noun
ماست • (mast) (definite accusative ماستی (mastı), plural ماستلر (mastlar))
Derived terms
- ماستابه (mastabe, “whey from sour curds”)
- ماستمایه (mastmaye, “old curds used as ferment”)
Descendants
- Turkish: mast
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mast”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3073
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “mâst”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 697
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Oxygala”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1230
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ماست”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 4237
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ماست”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1656
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈmaːst/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑ́ːst̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mɒ́ːst̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mɔ́st̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | māst |
| Dari reading? | māst |
| Iranian reading? | mâst |
| Tajik reading? | most |
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (m’st' /māst/, “yoghurt”), from Classical Syriac ܡܣܬܐ (mastā).
Noun
ماست • (māst / mâst) (plural ماستها (māst-hā / mâst-hâ), Tajik spelling мост)
- yoghurt
- ماست و خیار ― māst u xiyār / mâst o xiyâr ― mast-o-khiyar, a cucumber and yoghurt side dish
Derived terms
- ماستابه (māstāba / mâstâbe)
- ماستبا (māstbā / mâstbâ)
- ماستبند (māst-band / mâst-band)
- ماستمالی (māst-mālī / mâst-mâli)
- ماستموسیر (māst-mūsīr / mâst-musir)
Related terms
- ماسیدن (māsīdan / mâsidan)
Descendants
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ماست”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Etymology 2
Contraction
ماست • (māst / mâst)