ܐܶܣܛܰܪܳܐ sṭrʾ esṭārā pannus subsutus
MP *āstar? Lagarde and LS compare NP astār lining, veils (Steingass 49), but—according to Steingass—the NP word is the plur. of Arab. sitr. See also NP āstar a kind of coarse thin stuff fit for lining garments (ibid. 51). On the contrary, Horn 7 holds that the NP word is of Indo-Iranian origin, and compares OInd. āstáraṇa- "Teppich, Decke"; Horn does not accept the comparison with East Turk. ast "unter", suggested by Blau 1869, 272, 1, who does not explain NP āstar ● EN 36, 27; BA 973; BB 228, 3 ◆ LS 33b; Lagarde GA 14, 27