oostóoz teacher; driver; master worker

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form اوستوذ
Phonetic Form oostóoz
Inflection Class aan-decl (Obl): -a, (Pl): oostaazaán
Origin Urdu (Persian/Arabic): ustaad, ustaaz
Variant Form(s) oostaáz ; oostóod ; ustóod
    • teacher; driver; master worker
      • Example 587:
        dúu oostaazaán hína óo čúur bhišá ba kuṇaaká hína asíi iskuulí.
        du
        two
        oostaáz
        teacher
        -aán
        -pl
        hin
        be.prs
        -a
        -MPL
        óo
        and
        čáur
        four
        bhiš
        twenty
        -a
        -pl
        ba
        top
        kuṇaák
        child
        -a
        -pl
        hin
        be.prs
        -a
        -MPL
        asíi
        1pl.gen
        iskuúl
        school
        -í
        -obl
        There are two teachers and eighty students in our school.
        Source: A:OUR011
      • Example 1451:
        asíi oostaazaanóom asaám the bíiḍi mehnát thíili híni.
        asíi
        1pl.gen
        oostaáz
        teacher
        -aán
        -pl
        -am
        -pl.obl
        asaám
        1pl.acc
        the
        to
        bíiḍ
        much
        -i
        -f
        mehnát
        hard.work
        the
        do
        -íl
        -pfv
        -i
        -f
        hin
        be.prs
        -i
        -f
        Our teachers have given us plenty of work to do.
        Source: A:OUR012