# دستار
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دستار (dastâr).

### Noun

دستار • (destar)
* turban, a man's headdress made by winding a length of muslin
    Synonyms: چالمه (çalma), صارق (sarık), عمامه (ʼimâme)
* handkerchief, a piece of cloth carried for wiping the face or hands
    Synonyms: مندیل (mendil), یاغلق (yağlık)
* tablecloth, a piece of cloth used for covering a table
    Synonym: سفره (sofra)
* napkin, serviette, a piece of cloth used for wiping the mouth
    Synonym: پچته (peçeta)
* towel, a piece of cloth used for drying anything wet, especially after a bath
    Synonyms: بلوز (beluz), پیشگیر (peşgir)

#### Derived terms

* دستاربند (destarbend, “turbaned man”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: destar

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “destar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1150
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cidaris”, 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 179
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دستار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2076
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 901

## Persian

| Dari | دستار |
| Iranian Persian | دستار |
| Tajik | дастор |

### Etymology

From دست (dast) +‎ ـار (-âr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [das.ˈtɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪äs.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪æs.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪äs.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]

### Noun

دستار • (dastâr) (plural دستارها (dastâr-hâ))
* turban
** 11th century, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī
    حسنک پیدا آمد، بی‌بند، جبه‌ای داشت حبری‌رنگ با سیاه می‌زد، خلق‌گونه و دراعه و ردایی سخت پاکیزه و دستاری نشابوری مالیده و موزهٔ میکاییلی نو در پای و موی سر مالیده، زیر دستار پوشیده کرده اندک مایه پیدا می‌بود.hasanak paydā āmad, bē-band, jubba-ē dāšt hibrī-rang bā siyāh mē-zad, xalaq-gūna u durrā'a u ridā-ē saxt pākīza u dastār-ē nešābūrī mālīda u mōza-i mīkā'īlī-i nō dar pāy u mō-i sar mālīda, zīr-i dastār pōšīda karda, andak māya paydā mē-būd.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* dastar
* handkerchief
* napkin
* towel
* apron

#### Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of دستار (dastâr) (Iranian Persian) :

#### Derived terms

* دستارسر (dastâr-sar)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: দস্তার (dostar)
* → Gujarati: દસ્તાર (dastār)
* → Malay: destar
** Indonesian: destar
* → Ottoman Turkish: دستار (destâr)
** Turkish: destar
* → Punjabi: دستار (dastar) / ਦਸਤਾਰ (dastār)
** → English: dastar
* → Urdu: دستار (dastār)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دستار (dastār).

### Noun

دستار • (dastār) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਸਤਾਰ)
* turban