بررسی واژه شناختی و معنا شناختی روستا و رستاق در دوره اسلامی تا سده هفتم هجری

elham amini kashani ph.d student, department of history & civilization of islamic nations, science and research branch, islamic azad university, tehran, iranqanbarali roudgarassistant professor, department of history & civilization of islamic nations, science and research branch, islamic azad university, tehran, iranamongst the terms which muslim geographers have borrowed from persian, is rustaq that has used in two forms; rustaq and rusta. although in order to the same etymological roots and apparent resemblance, it was supposed that rustaq and rusta had the same meaning in the texts , these two words rarely have the same meanings and implications. generally, rustaq and rusta are two geographical independent units. rusta was supposed to be used as dih or qerya(village) whereas, rustaq referred to a unit larger than a city, and it was mostly like modern town dihestan.keywords: r?sta, rustai, dih, administrative divisions.