# اسطرلاب
## Arabic
### Noun

اَسْطُرْلَاب • (asṭurlāb) m
* Archaic spelling of أَسْطُرْلَاب (ʔasṭurlāb).

## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* سطرلاب (suturlab)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْطُرْلَاب (ʔasṭurlāb), which derives from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos).

### Noun

اسطرلاب • (usturlab)
* astrolabe, an astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars

#### Descendants

* Turkish: usturlap

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “usturlap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5000
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسطرلاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 89
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Astrolabius”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 95
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اسطرلاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 213
* Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 49
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “usturlap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسطرلاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 109

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* سطرلاب (suturlāb), اصطرلاب (usturlāb, asturlāb, isturlāb), صطرلاب (suturlāb), صلاب (sulāb, sullāb), استرلاب (usturlāb, asturlāb, isturlāb), سترلاب (suturlāb)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْطُرْلَاب (ʔasṭurlāb), which derives from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔus.tuɾ.lɑːβ], [ʔas.tuɾ.lɑːβ], [ʔis.tuɾ.lɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔʊs.t̪ʰʊɾ.lɑːb]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔos.t̪ʰoɹ.lɒːb̥], [ʔæs.t̪ʰoɹ.lɒːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔus.t̪ʰuɾ.lɔb]

### Noun

| Dari | اسطرلاب |
| Iranian Persian | اسطرلاب |
| Tajik | устурлоб |
اسطرلاب • (usturlāb, asturlāb, isturlāb)
* astrolabe, an astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars

### References

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اسطرلاب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
* Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “صلاب”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 516a
* Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 590a