"ustad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ustads [plural]
Etymology: From Urdu استاد (ustād), from Classical Persian استاد (ustād, “master”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ur|استاد|tr=ustād}} Urdu استاد (ustād), {{der|en|fa-cls|استاد||master|tr=ustād}} Classical Persian استاد (ustād, “master”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ustad (plural ustads)
  1. a master, especially of music, in South Asia and the Middle East Wikipedia link: ustad Synonyms: ustadz Translations (master): أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏ) [masculine] (Arabic), উস্তাদ (ustad) (Bengali), 乌思托 (wūsītō) (Chinese Mandarin), 吾师台 (wǔshītái) (Chinese Mandarin), 師傅 (Chinese Mandarin), 师傅 (shīfu) (Chinese Mandarin), उस्ताद (ustād) [masculine] (Hindi), ustaz (Malay), استاد (ostâd) (Persian), اوستا (ustâ) (Persian), устод (ustod) (Tajik), usta (Turkish), استاد (ustād) [masculine] (Urdu), ustod (Uzbek), ustoz (Uzbek)

Inflected forms

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