اشتر

See also: أشتر, استر, آشپز, and آستر

Arabic

Verb

اِشْتَرِ • (ištari) (form VIII)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of اِشْتَرَى (ištarā)

Baluchi

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *uštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

Noun

اشتر • (uštar)

1. camel

See also

• ہشتر (huštur, huštir)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

اشتر • (iştir)

1. Alternative spelling of اشتیر (iştir, “blite”)

Etymology 2

Noun

اشتر • (uştur)

1. Alternative spelling of شتر (şütür, “camel”)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.ˈtuɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊʃ.t̪ʰʊ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊʃ.t̪ʰʊ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊʃ.t̪ʰʊ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.t̪ʰúɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoʃ.t̪ʰóɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.t̪ʰúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	uštur
Dari reading?	uštur
Iranian reading?	oštor
Tajik reading?	uštur

Noun

اشتر • (oštor) (plural اشتران (oštorân) or اشترها (oštor-hâ)) (archaic or Hazaragi)

1. Archaic and Hazaragi form of شتر (šotor, “camel”)
   • Saadi, Gulistan, chapter 2, story 27

     اشتر به شعر عرب در حالتست و طرب
     گر ذوق نیست ترا، کژطبع جانوری

     uštur ba ši'r-i arab dar hālat-ast u tarab
     gar zawq nēst tu-rā, kaž-tab' jāniwarē

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     (Classical Transliteration)