أسطورة

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía), with the native Arabic سَطَرَ (saṭara, to write, to compose lines).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūraf (plural أَسَاطِير (ʔasāṭīr))

  1. myth, fable, tale, legend, story especially full of embellishments

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Descendants[edit]

  • Ottoman Turkish: اسطوره (ustura)
    • Turkish: ustura

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