Arabic

Noun

دُسْتُور • ‎(dustūr) m ‎(plural دَسَاتِير ‎(dasātīr)) — sometimes pronounced /desˈtūr/ (see one example below)

1. (law, government) constitution
2. rule, guideline
3. set of rules
4. action rule
5. model
6. Destour, former Tunisian political party

Declension

Derived terms

• دُسْتُورِيّ ‎(dustūriyy, “constitutional”)

References

• Moungued Dictionary, Arabic - Arabic (القاموس المنجد – عربي عربي ) (2005)

Persian

Etymology

From دست ‎(dast, “hand”) and اور ‎(ur, “fist”).

Noun

دستور • ‎(dastur) ‎(plural دستورها ‎(dastur-hâ))

1. command, order
2. method, manner, procedure, way
3. guideline, rule
4. permission, leave, authority
5. basis, foundation
6. model, example, exemplar
7. statesman, vizier
8. grammar (دستور زبان ‎(dastur-e zabân))