ܟܽܘܣܬܺܝܓܳܐ kwstygʾ kostiḡā a kind of dress
Allotropes: ܟܘܼܫܬܝܼܓ kwštyg kuštiḡ; ܕܘܿܣܬܝܼܩܵܐ dwstyqʾ dostiqā (wrong form for kwstygʾ); ܩܘܣܛܝܩܐ qwsṭyqʾ
MP kustīg [kwstyk'] sacred girdle (CPD 52); NP kustī wrestling; a belt worn by the Parsīs and Brahmins; NP, Arab. kustīǰ a girdle (Steingass 1029; Horn 191 and n. 1); the loanword is attested only in Syriac, not in JBA (cf. Shaked 1994, 111). As regards the allotrope kwštyg see 11.3.3 ● kwstygʾ Bh chr 155, 2; kwštyg BB 637, 16; qwsṭyqʾ BB 1741, 18; dwstyqʾ BA 3092; BB 544, 17; 637, 16 ◆ LS 339a; 351a; 161a; 679b; Lagarde GA 59, 150