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- noun a
master , especially ofmusic , inSouth Asia andMiddle East
Etymologies
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Examples
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And he denied himself the designation ustad —master—one he so richly deserved.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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And he denied himself the designation ustad —master—one he so richly deserved.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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And he denied himself the designation ustad —master—one he so richly deserved.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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And, I beg of you again, please do not call me ‘ustad’; I feel as though that title belongs to someone else.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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And, I beg of you again, please do not call me ‘ustad’; I feel as though that title belongs to someone else.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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And, I beg of you again, please do not call me ‘ustad’; I feel as though that title belongs to someone else.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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At one point, the cleaner's ustad, the driver of the truck, finds his world turned on its head when his lowly assistant suddenly starts singing the Internationale along with a couple of French hitchhikers!
Summer of '69 in St Stephen's Abhay N 2007
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Born in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan to a family of sarangi players, he was usually referred to as "Ustad Sultan Khan"; "ustad" is an honorific meaning "master."
News 2011
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"We will continue our efforts to reach peace which was the wish of martyred ustad professor but at the same time, we consider it as our responsibility to fight the enemies of peace with determination."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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Life changed dramatically for Drag to Playlist ustad fateh ali khan raag jonpori on atv post by zagham ustad fateh ali khan live on atv morning show.
WN.com - Articles related to Europe flights 'set to resume' 2010
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“Mr. Khan, whose name is often preceded by the honorific Ustad, or master, was born in Shibpur, a small village in Bengal (now Bangladesh).”
The New York Times, Ali Akbar Khan, Sarod Virtuoso, Dies at 87, by William Grimes, June 19, 2009
June 20, 2009