پوسته

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian posta (mail, post).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔs.ta/

Noun

پوسته • (posta) (plural پوستلر (postalar))

  1. mail, post, the postal service or system in general
    پوسته و تلغراف نظارتی
    posta ve telgraf nezareti
    Ministry of Post and Telegraph
  2. mail, post, the material conveyed by the postal service

Derived terms

  • شهر پوسته‌سی (şehir postası, city post)
  • قاره پوسته‌سی (kara postası, overland post)
  • پوسته ایتمك (posta etmek, to take someone to the police station)
  • پوسته مأموری (posta meʼmuru, post office employee)
  • پوسته ناظری (posta nazırı, postmaster general)
  • پوسته پاكتی (posta paketi, mailpack)
  • پوسته چانطه‌سی (posta çantası, mailbag)
  • پوسته یولی (posta yolu, postal road)
  • پوسته‌جی (postacı, postman)
  • پوسته‌خانه (postahane, post office)

Descendants

  • Turkish: posta
  • Armenian: փոստա (pʻosta)

Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰoːs.t̪ʰǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰoːs.t̪ʰǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰʊːs.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? pōsta
Dari reading? pōsta
Iranian reading? puste
Tajik reading? püsta

Noun

پوسته • (puste) (plural پوسته‌ها (puste-hâ))

  1. membrane
  2. crust
  3. flake
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