إِسْتَارٌ
Root: ستر
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إِسْتَارٌ
: see سِتْرٌ.
def.2 Also Four: said by Aboo-Sa'eed and Az to be arabicized, from the Pers. چَهَارْ: pl. أَسَاتِيرُ and أَسَاتِرُ. It is applied to men: and you also say, أَكَلْتُ إِسْتَارًا مِنَ الخَبْزِ meaning I have eaten four cakes of bread.
2 And The fourth of a party of people.
3 And The weight of four mithkáls (مَثَاقِيل) and a half: (S, K: [see رِطْلٌ:]) likewise arabicized: [app. from the Greekσατὴρ :] pl. أَسَاتِيرُ.
def.2 Also Four: said by Aboo-Sa'eed and Az to be arabicized, from the Pers. چَهَارْ: pl. أَسَاتِيرُ and أَسَاتِرُ. It is applied to men: and you also say, أَكَلْتُ إِسْتَارًا مِنَ الخَبْزِ meaning I have eaten four cakes of bread.
2 And The fourth of a party of people.
3 And The weight of four mithkáls (مَثَاقِيل) and a half: (S, K: [see رِطْلٌ:]) likewise arabicized: [app. from the Greek
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