Persian

Noun

دستیار • ‎(dastyâr) ‎(plural دستیاران ‎(dastyârân) or دستیارها ‎(dastyâr-hâ))

1. assistant, helper, minister
2. pupil, disciple
3. subject

Related terms

• دست ‎(dast)
• یار ‎(yâr)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “دستیار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “dastyār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press