ustadn.
/ˈuːstɑːd/ A master, esp. of music.
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1903 M. A. Stein Sand-buried Ruins Khotan viii 125 The few ‘ustads’ (masters) who cared to attend to my orders.
1967 V. Mehta Portrait of India 40 He is Hindustani music's unrivalled ustad (Urdu for ‘master’). Actually, ‘ustad’ is a sort of Muslim counterpart of ‘guru’.
1971 Femina (Bombay) 16 Apr. 8/3 She was able to become the pupil of the well-known Ustad Atah Khan of Patiala.
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