ماست

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian ماست (mâst).

Noun

مَاسْت • (māst) m

  1. (obsolete) yoghurt
    • a. 1222, نَجِيب الدِّين السَّمَرْقَنْدِيّ [najīb ad-dīn as-samarqandiyy], edited by Juliane Müller, كِتَاب الْأَغْذِيَة وَٱلْأَشْرِبَة [kitāb al-ʔaḡdiya wa-l-ʔǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101)‎, Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 120:
      الماست أبرد من اللبن الحليب يطفّئ الحرارة ويصلح أن يؤكل قبل الطعام في يوم تعب وحرّ.
      Yoghurt is colder than fresh milk, extinguishes the heat and is aptly eaten before a meal on a hard and hot day.
Declension
Declension of noun مَاسْت (māst)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَاسْت
māst		 الْمَاسْت
al-māst		 مَاسْت
māst
Nominative مَاسْتٌ
māstun		 الْمَاسْتُ
al-māstu		 مَاسْتُ
māstu
Accusative مَاسْتًا
māstan		 الْمَاسْتَ
al-māsta		 مَاسْتَ
māsta
Genitive مَاسْتٍ
māstin		 الْمَاسْتِ
al-māsti		 مَاسْتِ
māsti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

مَاسَّتْ • (māssat) (form III)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَّ (māssa)
  2. third-person feminine singular past active of مَاسَسَ (māsasa)

Central Kurdish

Noun

ماست (mast)

  1. yogurt

Persian

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑ́ːst̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑ́ːst̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔ́ːst̪]

Readings
Classical reading? māst
Dari reading? māst
Iranian reading? mâst
Tajik reading? most

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (m’st' /⁠māst⁠/, “yoghurt”), from Classical Syriac ܡܣܬܐ (mastā).

Noun
Dari ماست
Iranian Persian
Tajik мост

ماست • (mâst) (plural ماست‌ها (mâst-hâ))

  1. yoghurt
    ماست و خیار ― mâst o xiyâr ― mast-o-khiyar, a cucumber and yoghurt side dish
Derived terms
  • ماست موسیر (mâst-musir)
  • ماست‌مالی (mâst-mâli)
  • ماست‌بند (mâst-band)
Descendants
  • → Arabic: مَاسْت (māst)

References
  1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ماست”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  2. PAHLAVICA - "m’st'".

Contraction

ماست • (mâ-st)

  1. Contraction of ما (mâ) + است (ast).
    این کشور ماست. ― in kešvar-e mâ-st. ― This is our country.
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