استا ustā H (perhaps for استاد) s. m. A barber.

استاد istād P s. f. The act of standing. ¶ part. (for استاده) Standing, raised up.

استاد ustād A s. m. A master (in any art), an adept, teacher, preceptor, artist.

استاده istāda P part. Standing, set up, erected, erect; (hence, sub.) A pole, ensign-staff, prop, &c. particularly, a prop for supporting the door of a tent, and not the tent pole.

استادي ustād-ī P s. f. Teaching, instruction, mastership, skilfulness, skill, art. ¶ adj. Mas- terly (as workmanship, &c.).

استادگي istāda-gī P s. f. Standing, stand, erec- tion, firmness, resistance.

استاذ ustāẕ P Same as استاد ustād, q.v.

استانبول istāmbol P n. prop. Constantinople.

استاچل अस्ताचल astāchal S s. m. The name of a mountain in the west, behind which the sun is supposed to set.

استبداد istibdād A (inf. x. of بدّ) s. m. Absolute dominion, despotism, insisting upon a thingʼs being done.

استبرا istibrā A (inf. x. of برأ) s. m. 1. Cleansing, washing oneʼs hands of a business or desiring to be freed from it. 2. The waiting of a woman after being divorced from her husband, to as certain whether she is pregnant or not, before she can contract another marriage. (The term is three months, according to the Muhammadan law).

استبرق istabraḳ A s. m. Silk cloth or satin, the colour of which seems to change agreeably to the light it is seen in (particularly, green silk).

استبیست अस्तव्यस्त astabyast S or asta-vyasta, adj. Confused, dispersed, scattered, helter skel- ter, in confusion.

استت astut स्तुति S̱. s. f. Praise, eulogy, glo- rification, an anthem, hymn.

استتار istitār A (inf. viii. of ستر Heb. He concealed) s. m. Concealment.