شتر

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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 بار ― a camel load (about 700 pounds)

Derived terms

Further reading

Persian

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

This camel is very inquisitive.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (GMRA, ʾwštl /⁠uštar⁠/, “camel”), from Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

Pronunciation

 

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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