dastur
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dastur
First recorded in 1885–90, dastur is from the Persian word dastur
Example Sentences
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I was but one white man of the whole white race; and I had no right to possess idiosyncrasies running counter to dastur, the custom.
From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward
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