staff ۱) چوبدست؛ ۲) استب 1) cubadt; 2) estab Fr.: 1) bâton; 2) personnel A long stick used to help in walking.
→ Sharafeddin’s staff.
A body of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the
work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
→ staff astronomer.
Etymology (EN): M.E. staf; O.E. stæf “walking stick, rod used as a
weapon, pastoral staff;” sense of “group of military officers that
assists a commander” attested from 1702; cf.
O.N. stafr, M.Du. staf,
O.H.G. stab, Ger. Stab,
M.Du. stapel “pillar, foundation;” PIE base *stebh-
“to support, place firmly on, fasten; post, stem;”
cognate with Av. stabra- “strong, firm” and other Iranian words, as below. Etymology (PE): 1) Cubdast “hand stick,” from cub “staff, stick,” Mid.Pers.
côp “wood, stick” + dast, → hand.
- Estab, from Av. stabra- “strong, firm;”
O.Pers. stamb- “to revolt;” Mid.Pers. stabr “strong, firm;”
Mod.Pers. ustâm “column” [Steingass], Lori esi “tent pole,”
setabr “strong, big, thick, dense,” setanbé “strong, powerful,”
estam, setam “oppression;”
cf. Skt. stabh- “support,” stambh-
“to support, fix firmly;” Gk. stephein “to tie around, encircle,”
astemphes “firm, rigid;” Lith. stebas “staff, pillar.”
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