köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).
köken: Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܝܪܐ (dayrā) which generally means “dwelling” and specifically “cloister”, from the Syriac root ܕ ܘ ܪ relating to dwelling, originally parallel to دَار (dār, “dwelling; abode”) and دَوَّارة (dawwāra, “home; quarter”) from the root د و ر (d w r) bearing meanings of “circling, going about”.
köken: Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic монастырь (monastyrĭ), from Greek μοναστήρι (monastíri), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion) or directly from the Greek source.
köken: Shortening of dialectal kalastorom (“monastery”), ultimately from Medieval Latin claustrum, the intermediate form *kalastor was influenced by monostor (“monastery”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Cognate with English cloister.
From Middle Low German klōster, cf. German Kloster, from Medieval Latin claustrum (“enclosure, secluded part of a monastery”) (or Vulgar Latin *clōstrum). The Old West Norse form klaustr was borrowed via Old English clauster.