Gulf Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English sister.
Pronunciation[edit]
سستر • (sistar) f or m (plural سسترات (sistarāt))
- a nurse, especially a female one.
- Synonyms: ممرضة (mumarriḏ̣a, “female nurse”), مُمَرِّض (mumarriḏ̣, “male nurse”), (obsolete) خاتون (ḵātūn)