دستة

العربية

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دستة

/das.ta/

Where it comes from

From Yemeni Arabic and Egyptian Arabic of Cairo – in Alexandria and Libya one has دَزِّينَة (dazzīna, “dozen”), in the Gulf, Mekka and Aden دَرْزَن (darzan) –, a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish دسته (deste), from Persian دسته (dasta). Doublet of دَسْتَج (dastaj).

noun دَسْتَة · dasta · دَسْتَات · دِسَت · الدَّسْتَة

dozen

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dozen twelve

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"دستة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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دستة. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A9

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"دستة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {دستة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}