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Noun [Ottoman Turkish]

Forms: ahter [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian اختر (axtar, “star”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ota|fa|اختر||star|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=axtar|ts=}} Persian اختر (axtar, “star”), {{bor+|ota|fa|اختر|t=star|tr=axtar}} Borrowed from Persian اختر (axtar, “star”) Head templates: {{head|ota|noun|||||||f2tr=|ftr=|head=|tr=ahter}} اختر • (ahter), {{ota-noun|tr=ahter}} اختر • (ahter)
  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma Categories (topical): Astronomy, Stars Synonyms: ستاره, نجم, یلدز
    Sense id: en-اختر-ota-noun-oD7~nTsL Disambiguation of Stars: 86 14 Categories (other): Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (figuratively) one's star, fortune, luck, chance, destiny Tags: figuratively Synonyms: ستاره
    Sense id: en-اختر-ota-noun-NYMd7HmW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: اختراشناس (ahter-şinas) (english: astrologer), اخترسوخته (ahter-suhte) (english: unfortunate), اخترشمر (ahter-şümer) (english: astrologer), اخترگو (ahter-gü) (english: astrologer), بد اختر (bad ahter) (english: ill-fortuned), نیك اختر (nik ahter) (english: lucky)

Noun [Persian]

IPA: [ʔax.taɾ] [Classical-Persian], [ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ] [Dari, formal], [ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ] [Dari, formal], [ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ] [Kabuli], [ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔæx.t̪ʰæɹ] [Iran, formal], [ʔäχ.t̪ʰäɾ] [Tajik, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Darafsh-اختر.wav Forms: اَخْتَر [canonical], axtar [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhtl /⁠axtar⁠/), an ancient backformation from [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾhtl /⁠abāxtar⁠/, “planet”), due to a mistaken folk etymology that the first element ab- was a negative suffix, since Zoroastrianism considers the planets to be nefarious "un-stars" due to their astronomically odd behavior. Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|sc=Phlv|tr=ʾhtl|ts=axtar}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhtl /⁠axtar⁠/), {{m|pal||sc=Phlv|t=planet|tr=ʾpʾhtl|ts=abāxtar}} [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾhtl /⁠abāxtar⁠/, “planet”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=اَخْتَر|head2=|head3=|tr=axtar|tr2=|tr3=}} اَخْتَر • (axtar), {{fa-noun|head=اَخْتَر|tr=axtar}} اَخْتَر • (axtar)
  1. (astronomy or literary) star Tags: literary Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: سِتارِه (english: usual word), کُوْکَب
    Sense id: en-اختر-fa-noun-Ul7KHVCJ Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (literary, figurative) fortune; luck Tags: figuratively, literary Synonyms: بَخْت
    Sense id: en-اختر-fa-noun-~q~c~7t8 Categories (other): Persian terms with collocations, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 38 59 2
  3. (poetic, figurative) teardrop Tags: figuratively, poetic Synonyms: اشک, سرشک, ارس, ستاره
    Sense id: en-اختر-fa-noun-geV8L7DP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ابرنواختر (abar-now-axtar) (english: supernova), اختر شمردن (axtar šomordan) (english: to stay up all night; to count stars) [literally], اخترشناس (axtaršenâs) (english: astronomer), اخترمار (axtarmâr) (english: astronomer), اختری (axtari) (english: stellar), بد اختر (bad axtar) (english: ill-fortuned; bad-star) [literally], بلند اختر (boland axtar) (english: lucky; fortunate; high-star) [literally], نواختر (now-axtar) (english: nova)

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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "axtar",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Persian اختر (axtar, “star”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ota",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "اختر",
        "t": "star",
        "tr": "axtar"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Persian اختر (axtar, “star”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Persian اختر (axtar, “star”).",
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    {
      "form": "ahter",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "ftr": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "ahter"
      },
      "expansion": "اختر • (ahter)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "اختر • (ahter)",
      "name": "ota-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
  "lang_code": "ota",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "ota:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ],
        [
          "celestial body",
          "celestial body"
        ],
        [
          "plasma",
          "plasma"
        ]
      ],
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        "(astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ستاره"
        },
        {
          "word": "نجم"
        },
        {
          "word": "یلدز"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one's star, fortune, luck, chance, destiny"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "destiny",
          "destiny"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) one's star, fortune, luck, chance, destiny"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ستاره"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "اختر"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with audio links",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "tr": "ʾhtl",
        "ts": "axtar"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhtl /⁠axtar⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "planet",
        "tr": "ʾpʾhtl",
        "ts": "abāxtar"
      },
      "expansion": "[Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾhtl /⁠abāxtar⁠/, “planet”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhtl /⁠axtar⁠/), an ancient backformation from [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾpʾhtl /⁠abāxtar⁠/, “planet”), due to a mistaken folk etymology that the first element ab- was a negative suffix, since Zoroastrianism considers the planets to be nefarious \"un-stars\" due to their astronomically odd behavior.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اَخْتَر",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "axtar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "اَخْتَر",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "axtar",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "اَخْتَر • (axtar)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "اَخْتَر",
        "tr": "axtar"
      },
      "expansion": "اَخْتَر • (axtar)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "supernova",
      "roman": "abar-now-axtar",
      "word": "ابرنواختر"
    },
    {
      "english": "to stay up all night; to count stars",
      "roman": "axtar šomordan",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "اختر شمردن"
    },
    {
      "english": "astronomer",
      "roman": "axtaršenâs",
      "word": "اخترشناس"
    },
    {
      "english": "astronomer",
      "roman": "axtarmâr",
      "word": "اخترمار"
    },
    {
      "english": "stellar",
      "roman": "axtari",
      "word": "اختری"
    },
    {
      "english": "ill-fortuned; bad-star",
      "roman": "bad axtar",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "بد اختر"
    },
    {
      "english": "lucky; fortunate; high-star",
      "roman": "boland axtar",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "بلند اختر"
    },
    {
      "english": "nova",
      "roman": "now-axtar",
      "word": "نواختر"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian literary terms",
        "Persian terms with quotations",
        "fa:Astronomy"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "O King of Kings of soaring fortune [the Beloved], for God's sake just a little grace,\nSo that I might kiss―as do the stars―the dust of your porch.\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]",
          "roman": "tā bibōsam hamčū axtar xāk-i ēwān-i šumā",
          "text": "ای شهنشاه بلند اختر، خدا را همتی\nتا ببوسم همچو اختر خاک ایوان شما\nay šahinšāh-i buland axtar, xudā rā himmatē",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "star"
      ],
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        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy or literary) star"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "usual word",
          "word": "سِتارِه"
        },
        {
          "word": "کُوْکَب"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian literary terms",
        "Persian terms with collocations",
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "good fortune",
          "roman": "axtar-e nik",
          "text": "اختر نیک (literary)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "O King of Kings of soaring fortune [the Beloved], for God's sake just a little grace,\nSo that I might kiss―as do the stars―the dust of your porch.\n(Classical Persian transliteration)",
          "ref": "c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]",
          "roman": "tā bibōsam hamčū axtar xāk-i ēwān-i šumā",
          "text": "ای شهنشاه بلند اختر، خدا را همتی\nتا ببوسم همچو اختر خاک ایوان شما\nay šahinšāh-i buland axtar, xudā rā himmatē",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fortune; luck"
      ],
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          "fortune"
        ],
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          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary, figurative) fortune; luck"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بَخْت"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian poetic terms",
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is me again whose eyes, out of love-sorrow for your moon-like face,\nAre full of starry tears from nightfall to dawn.",
          "ref": "c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی",
          "roman": "šab tâ be sobh, dide-ye man por ze axtar ast",
          "text": "باز این منم که از غم روی چو ماه تو\nشب تا به صبح، دیدهٔ من پر ز اختر است\nbâz in man-am ke az ğam-e ru-ye ču mâh-e to",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teardrop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "teardrop",
          "teardrop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic, figurative) teardrop"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "اشک"
        },
        {
          "word": "سرشک"
        },
        {
          "word": "ارس"
        },
        {
          "word": "ستاره"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʔax.taɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäx.t̪ʰäɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæx.t̪ʰæɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäχ.t̪ʰäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
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}

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