Persian

Alternative forms

• بستاخ ‎(bostâx)
• استاخ ‎(ostâx)

Adjective

گستاخ • ‎(gostâx) ‎(comparative گستاخ‌تر, superlative گستاخ‌ترین)

1. presumptuous, arrogant, impudent

Derived terms

• گستاخی ‎(gostâxi)
• گستاخانه ‎(gostâxâne)

Descendants

• Hindustani:
  • Urdu: گستاخ ‎(gustāx)
• Ottoman Turkish: گستاخ ‎(güstâh), كستاخ ‎(küstâh)
  • Turkish: küstah

References

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