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أُسْتاذ
professor /ʔusˈtaːð/
nounB1#1715 most common
Also: teacher, master (of a craft or skill), sir (polite term of address)
Example sentences
أُسْتاذي طَيِّب.
My teacher is kind.
هٰذا أُسْتاذٌ جَديد.
This is a new teacher.
الأُسْتاذُ في الصَّفِّ الآن.
The teacher is in the classroom now.
يَشْرَحُ الأُسْتاذُ الدَّرْسَ بِوُضوح.
The professor explains the lesson clearly.
سَأَلْتُ الأُسْتاذَ عَنْ مَوْعِدِ الامْتِحان.
I asked the professor about the date of the exam.
يُعَدُّ هٰذا الأُسْتاذُ مِنْ أَبْرَزِ الباحِثينَ في الفيزياءِ النَّظَرِيَّة.
This professor is considered one of the most prominent researchers in theoretical physics.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أُسْتاذٌ | أَساتِذةٌ |
| Genitive | أُسْتاذٍ | أَساتِذةٍ |
| Accusative | أُسْتاذاً | أَساتِذةً |
| Vocative | يا أُسْتاذُ | يا أَساتِذةُ |
Word family
أَساتِذةprofessors, teachers (plural)
أُسْتاذةfemale teacher, female professor
أُسْتاذِيّةprofessorship, professorial rank
Etymology
The word entered Arabic from Persian ostād, meaning master or skilled craftsman. Persian itself inherited the term from Middle Persian. Arabic borrowed it early and extended it to teachers and, later, university professors. It is not built from a native Arabic triconsonantal root.
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