# astar
## English
### Etymology

From a- +‎ star.

### Adjective

astar (not comparable) (predicative)
* Covered with bright or sparkling objects.
    Synonym: spangled
** 1903, Katherine Cecil Burton, The Circle‎, New York: A.L. Burt, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 171:[…] they could follow the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.
** 1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71,
    The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.
* Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.
    Synonyms: sparkling, twinkling
** 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 8, in Anne of Green Gables‎, Boston: L.C. Page, pages 79–80:She found Anne standing motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows, with her hands clasped behind her, her face uplifted, and her eyes astar with dreams.
** 1993, Anne Gay, chapter 33, in Dancing on the Volcano‎, London: Orbit, page 373:Astar with the cold fire of gems, it [the palace] was.

### Anagrams

* Rasta, STAAR, atars, rasta, ratas

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آستر, آستار, from Persian آستر (âstar).

### Noun

astar m (plural astare, definite astari, definite plural astaret)
* lining (as of a garment)

#### Declension
## Gagauz
### Etymology

Ultimately from Persian آستر (âstar). Compare Turkish astar.

### Noun

astar
* lining of a garment

### References

* ↑ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007

## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

#### Noun

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)
* aster

##### Derived terms

* astar síneach m (“China aster”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

astar m (genitive singular astair, nominative plural astair)
* Alternative form of aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”)

### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
astar
astair
vocative
a astair
a astara
genitive
astair
astar
dative
astar
astair
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-astar
na hastair
genitive
an astair
na n-astar
dative
leis an astar don astar
leis na hastair :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “astar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “aster”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “astar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | آستَر |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani astar, from Persian آستر (âstar). Doublet of âstər, directly from Persian.

### Pronunciation

* (Xarrâbî) IPA: [astaɾ]

### Noun

astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)
* lining
    Synonym: âstər

#### Declension
### References

* Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

astar m (genitive singular astair, plural astaran)
* distance
* speed

#### Derived terms

* ionnsachadh air astar (“distance learning”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “astar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آستار (astar), from Persian آستر (âstar).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: as‧tar
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

astar (definite accusative astarı, plural astarlar)
* lining (as of a garment)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “astar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “astar”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı