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ustad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
us-tad
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a master, especially of music, in South Asia and the Middle East

Etymology

From Urdu استاد (ustād), from Classical Persian استاد (ustād, “master”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ustads (plural) ustadz (alternative) ustaz (alternative) ustaaz (alternative)

Questions

What does ustad mean?
a master, especially of music, in South Asia and the Middle East
Where does ustad come from?
From Urdu استاد (ustād), from Classical Persian استاد (ustād, “master”).

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