Category: EducationPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

استاد

/ustaad/Roman

English meaning: Teacher / Master

Urdu Definition

(اردو)

استاد وہ شخص ہے جو علم اور ہنر سیکھاتا ہے۔ اردو تہذیب میں استاد کا مقام بہت بلند سمجھا جاتا ہے۔

English Definition

A person who imparts knowledge or skill. In Urdu culture, the ustad-shagird (master-disciple) relationship is central to classical music, dance, and crafts transmission. Teachers are held in high esteem in Islamic tradition.

Example

استاد شاگرد کا رشتہ اردو اور اسلامی تہذیب کی بنیاد ہے۔

In English: The teacher-student relationship is a cornerstone of Urdu and Islamic culture.

Literary Heritage

علم میں بھی سرور ہے، علم میں جوشِ جنوں بھی۔

/ʿIlm meṃ bhī sarūr hai, ʿilm meṃ jośe junūṃ bhī./

In knowledge there is ecstasy, and in knowledge the frenzy of passion too.

Allama Iqbal · Poet and Philosopher · Early 20th century

Bang-e-Dara

Allama Iqbal, Bang-e-Dara, nazm 'Ilm aur Din'

Images

CC-licensed · free to use
More on Wikimedia
Loading images…

Video

Language information

Language
اردو
Urdu
Script
Perso-Arabic
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
230M
Back to Urdu Dictionary