شوره

See also: سوره and سورة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Parthian *šōrag, cognate to Middle Persian [script needed] (swlk' /⁠sōrag⁠/, “salty land”). Compare Arabic شورج (šawraj), an Iranian borrowing. By surface analysis, (šur, “salty”) +‎ (-e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.ɾa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.ɾä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.ɾä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊː.ɾä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuː.ɹe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šōra
Dari reading^?	šōra
Iranian reading^?	šure
Tajik reading^?	šüra


Iranian Persian	شوره
Dari	شوره
Tajik	шӯра

Noun

شوره • (šure)

nitrous earth; saltpetre
Synonyms: باروت (bârut), (archaic) نمک چینی (namak-e čini)

Adjective

شوره • (šure)

salty
Synonym: شور (šur)
- c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎:
  مدینه رسول الله علیه السلام شهری است بر کناره صحرایی نهاده و زمین نمناک و شوره دارد و آب روان است اما اندک و خرمایستان است.
  madīna-yi rasūlu-llāh alayhi-s-salām šahrē ast bar kināra-yi sahrāyē nihāda u zamīn-i namnāk u šōra dārad u āb-i rawān ast ammā andak u xurmāyistān ast.
  The City of the Prophet of God, peace be upon him, is a town set on the edge of the desert. It has both wet and salty soil, and there is flowing water but only a little, as well as date palm groves.

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