"desturi" meaning in All languages combined

See desturi on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-desturi.flac [Kenya] Forms: desturi [class-x, plural], dasturi [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t) Middle Persian 𐭩𐭣𐭤 (ydh) Persian دَسْت? Persian دستور (dastur) Omani Arabic دستور (destūr)bor. Swahili desturi Borrowed from Omani Arabic دستور (destūr), from Persian دستور (dastur). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|acx:دستور <ety:uder<fa:دستور >>|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t) Middle Persian 𐭩𐭣𐭤 (ydh) Persian دَسْت? Persian دستور (dastur) Omani Arabic دستور (destūr)bor. Swahili desturi [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "destūr", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "dastur", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "hand", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "hand", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "hand", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "hand", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "hand", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵʰes-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-Iranian", "term" : "*ȷ́ʰástas", "lang" : "iir-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Persian", "term" : "𐎭𐎿𐎫", "lang" : "peo" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle Persian", "term" : "𐭩𐭣𐭤", "lang" : "pal" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Persian", "term" : "دَسْت", "lang" : "fa" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Persian", "term" : "دستور", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fa" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Omani Arabic", "term" : "دستور", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "acx" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "desturi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="desturi"> Borrowed from Omani Arabic دستور (destūr), from Persian دستور (dastur)., {{ety|sw|:bor|acx:دستور <ety:uder<fa:دستور >>|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t) Middle Persian 𐭩𐭣𐭤 (ydh) Persian دَسْت? Persian دستور (dastur) Omani Arabic دستور (destūr)bor. Swahili desturi Borrowed from Omani Arabic دستور (destūr), from Persian دستور (dastur). Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} desturi class IX (plural desturi class X)
  1. custom (longstanding tradition) Tags: class-ix

Alternative forms

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