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Malay
Noun
ستور (plural ستور-ستور or ستور۲, informal 1st possessive ستورکو, 2nd possessive ستورمو, 3rd possessive ستورڽ)
- Jawi spelling of stor
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian stwl (/stōr/, “horse, mount; large cattle”), from Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬭𐬀 (staora, “large cattle”), from Proto-Iranian *stáwrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáwras (“large domestic animal, cattle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”). Probably related to obsolete تاول (tâvel, “bull, ox”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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sutōr
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| Dari reading?
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sutōr
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| Iranian reading?
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sotur
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| Tajik reading?
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sutür
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Noun
ستور • (sotôr) (plural ستوران (sotôrân))
- pack animal, beast of burden
- (archaic) horse
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References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ستور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “stōr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 77
- Avesta Reader; staora- page 269