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title: "أُسْتَاذ (ustādh) meaning in Arabic: teacher, professor"
description: "أُسْتَاذ (ustādh) means “teacher, professor”. Level A0: forms and how to read it letter by letter, from the Fasaha dictionary."
canonical: "https://fasaha.app/w/ustadh"
language: "en"
direction: "ltr"
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# أُسْتَاذ

*ustādh* · **teacher, professor**

أُسْتَاذ (ustādh) is an Arabic noun meaning “teacher, professor”. Fasaha’s library first uses it at level A0.

- Part of speech: Noun
- Level: A0

## How to read أُسْتَاذ, letter by letter

5 letters, read from right to left. The marks above and below the letters are the short vowels.

- أ — همزة على ألف (hamza): a glottal stop, the catch in “uh-oh”
- س — سين (sīn): s
- ت — تاء (tāʾ): t
- ا — ألف (ʾalif): a long a, or a seat for hamza
- ذ — ذال (dhāl): th as in this

## Questions about أُسْتَاذ

### What level is أُسْتَاذ?

Fasaha first uses أُسْتَاذ at level A0, on a scale from A0 (first words) to C2 (classical prose).


[All words in the Fasaha dictionary](https://fasaha.app/w)