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ustad

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From Urdu استاد (ustād), from Classical Persian استاد (ustād, “master”).

noun ustads · ustadz · ustaz · ustaaz

a master, especially of music, in South Asia and the Middle East

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noun master

中文	乌思托 wūsītō, 吾师台 wǔshītái, 師傅 /师傅 shīfu
हिन्दी	उस्ताद ustād
العربية	أُسْتَاذ ʔustāḏ

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@misc{ustad_2026,
  title = {ustad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ustad},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}