Where does “destar” come from?
destar (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دستار, from Persian دستار, from Persian ـار, from Serbo-Croatian -ār, from Proto-Slavic -ařь, from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
destar (Turkish): turban
Definitions
- turban
Ancestry of “destar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دستار | turban, a man's headdress made by winding a length of muslin |
| 2 | Persian | دستار | turban; dastar; handkerchief |
| 3 | Persian | ـار | suffix which forms agent nouns |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | -ār | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ařь | -er |
| 6 | Gothic | -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |