Ustuvâr

Ustuvâr, a Persian word, means firm, solid, strong — something that holds. Sami gathers the senses sağlam, metîn, muhkem and kavî around it.

Written across a fragile dictionary page that has survived more than a century, the word becomes almost physical: strength does not always mean hardness; sometimes it means remaining.

Original one-of-a-kind artwork from the Mestûr collection.
Iranian ink on an original 125-year-old Kâmus-ı Türkî page.
Page 106 · Right column.

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