köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian ستاره (sitāra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with English star. Doublet of तारा (tārā). Compare Bengali সেতার (śetar), Punjabi ਸਿਤਾਰਾ (sitārā).
star (luminous dot) · star (astronomical object) · star (shape, symbol or ornament)
çekim: çoğul tähdet · tamlayan tähden
köken: From Proto-Finnic *tähti, from Proto-Finno-Permic *täštä. Cognate to Karelian tähti, Estonian täht and Erzya теште (tešte). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English star.
star (celestial body) · star (star-shaped thing) · star (most important person in e.g. a film)
çekim: çoğul stele · tamlayan stele
köken: With apocope from colloquial steauă, from archaic steală, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of aster and star.
star (luminous celestial body) · star, celebrity (a famous person) · star (a figure with more, typically 5-6, points)
çekim: çoğul stjerner · tamlayan stjernes
köken: From Old Danish stiærnæ, from Old Norse stjarna (“star”), from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, cognate with Swedish stjärna, English star, German Stern, Dutch ster, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō). The word derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, which is also the source of Latin stēlla, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), ἄστρον (ástron), Sanskrit स्ता (stā́).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *bituqən Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən Proto-Malayic *bintaŋ Malay bintang Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bintaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən (cf. Makasar bintoeng & Tagalog bituin), from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən. Sense of "talented person, celebrity" is a semantic loan from English star.
harimau bintang ― leopard; literally, spotted tiger