Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/ustaad/ ਉ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਉਸਤਾਦ ustaad Say it**us-TAAD, two syllables, with a long aa and the stress on the last syllable**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiاُسْتاد In short Ustaad (ਉਸਤਾਦ) is the Punjabi word for a teacher or master, especially a master of music, a craft or a skill who trains students of his own. It is a masculine noun from Persian. A student learning from an ustaad is called his shagird. ## How it's used 1. 1ਮੇਰੇ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਗਾਉਣਾ ਸਿਖਾਇਆ੤My ustaad taught me to sing. _learning from an ustaad_ 2. 2ਉਸਤਾਦ ਜੀ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਸ਼ਾਗਿਰਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਿਖਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ੤The ustaad teaches his students every day. _ustaad ji: the respectful address_ 3. 3ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਕੰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰਾ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਹੈ੤He is a complete master of his work. _ustaad as a master craftsman_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਸੰਗੀਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਦਾ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਤਕਾਰ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ੤In music, an ustaad is held in great respect. _ustaad in music_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਧਿਆਪਕ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਕਲਾ ਦੇ ਮਾਹਰ ਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ੤ ਇਹ ਪੁਲਿੰਗ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ ਤੋਂ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ੤ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਡੇ ਗਾਇਕ ਜਾਂ ਵਾਦਕ ਨੂੰ ਸਤਕਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ੤ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਕੋਲੋਂ ਸਿੱਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਗਿਰਦ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ੤ ਰੋਜ਼ਾਨਾ ਬੋਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੁਨਰਮੰਦ ਕਾਰੀਗਰ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਕਹਿ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਦੋਸਤ ਵੀ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਨਾਲ ਉਸਤਾਦ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ੤ Ustaad (ਉਸਤਾਦ) is the Punjabi word for a teacher or master: someone who has mastered an art, a craft or a subject and teaches it to others. It is a masculine noun from Persian. Wikipedia traces the Persian ustad back to the Middle Persian awestad, meaning master or craftsman. ## What does ustaad mean in Punjabi? Ustaad means a master, instructor, tutor or teacher. Rekhta's dictionary gives that teaching sense first, and adds professor, leader, and the craft sense: a craftsmaster, a skilful man, an expert specialist, a head artisan. The two senses belong together, because an ustaad is not only expert himself: he is the person others sit with to learn. ## How is ustaad used in music and the crafts? In Hindustani classical music, Ustad is an honorific title placed before the name of an expert singer or player, given once a musician has reached eminence, with Pandit as the equivalent title for a Hindu musician. Outside music the word stays practical: Wikipedia notes it can be used for a master of any art or occupation, even an acknowledged master mechanic, and an apprentice calls his own teacher ustaad. ## What is a student of an ustaad called? A student of an ustaad is his shagird, his pupil or apprentice, and the ustaad and shagird bond is a long one: the shagird learns by sitting with the master, not only from books. Rekhta also lists ustaad as a term of honourable address for friends, which is why in everyday Punjabi speech friends warmly call each other ustaad too. ## Related words [ਮਿਸਤਰੀmistriMason; master craftsman; mechanic, handyman](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/mistri/)[ਤਰਖਾਣtarkhanCarpenter; woodworker](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/tarkhan/)[ਗਾਉਣਾgaanaTo sing](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/gaana/)[ਕੀਰਤਨkirtanDevotional singing of hymns](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kirtan/)[ਕਿੱਤਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦKittiyaan de ShabdPunjabi occupation words: tailor, potter, blacksmith, cobbler, goldsmith, carpenter, patwari and halwai](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-occupations-words/) Sources (2) 1. [Ustad | Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustad) 2. 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