شتر

See also: سپر, ستر, and سبز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Persian شتر (šutur, camel).

Noun

شتر • (şütür)

  1. camel
    Synonym: دوه (deve)
    شتر بارa camel load (about 700 pounds)

Derived terms

  • شترك (şütürek)

Further reading

Persian

Dari شتر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шутур
این شتر خیلی کنجکاو است.

This camel is very inquisitive.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (GMRA, ʾwštl /⁠uštar⁠/, camel), from Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊ́ɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊ́ɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔu.ʃu.t̪ʰúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? šutur
Dari reading? šutur
Iranian reading? šotor
Tajik reading? šutur

Noun

شتر • (šotor)

  1. camel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gujarati: શુતર (śutar)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਤਰ (śutar)
    Shahmukhi script: شتر (šutar)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اشتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • David Neil MacKenzie (1990-12-15) “Camel”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
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