دُسْتُورٌ
Root: دستور
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دُسْتُورٌ
, an arabicized word, [from the Persian دَسْتُورْ,] by some of the Arabs, [and in the present day generally,] pronounced دَسْتُورٌ, which is not absolutely erroneous, as it is the original form of the word before its being arabicized, The copy, or original, [of the register, as will be seen from what follows,] which is made for the several classes [of the officers and servants of the government], from which their transcription is made, (expl. by النُّسْخَةُ المَعْمُولَةُ لِلْجَمَاعَاتِ ٱلتَّىِ مِنْهَا تَحْرِيرُهَا, K,) and in which are collected the rules and ordinances of the King; the register (دَفْتَر) in which are collected the rules of the realm: pl. دَسَاتِيرُ.
2 Hence,
3 [Hence also, in the conventional language of astronomy,
4 Also, vulgarly, Permission; leave. [For instance, it is used in this sense by a man entering a house, or approaching an apartment, in which he supposes that there may be some woman whom he should not see unveiled, in order that she may veil herself or retire: on such an occasion, he repeats the word دستور several times as he advances.]
2 Hence,
3 [Hence also, in the conventional language of astronomy,
4 Also, vulgarly, Permission; leave. [For instance, it is used in this sense by a man entering a house, or approaching an apartment, in which he supposes that there may be some woman whom he should not see unveiled, in order that she may veil herself or retire: on such an occasion, he repeats the word دستور several times as he advances.]
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