شتر

See also: سپر, ستر, and سبز

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

• شاتر (šatar)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-der.

Proto-West Germanic *skut

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-West Germanic *-jan

Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan

Old English sċyttan

Middle English schitten

English shut

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English shutterbor.

Egyptian Arabic شتر

Borrowed from English shutter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.tar/ [ˈʃɑtɑɾ]

Noun

شتر • (šatar) m (plural شترات (šatarāt))

1. window shutter (especially metal ones)

   Synonym: شيش (šīš)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• اشتر (uştur)

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

• شترك (şütürek)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شتر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 720
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شتر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1116

Persian

Dari	شتر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шутур

این شتر خیلی کنجکاو است.

in šotor xeili konjkâv ast

This camel is very inquisitive.

Alternative forms

• اشتر (oštor) (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras

Proto-Iranian *úštrah

Persian اُشْتُر

Persian شُتُر

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ˈtur/

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.ʃu.t̪ʰúɾ]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	šutur
Dari reading?	šutur
Iranian reading?	šotor
Tajik reading?	šutur

Noun

شتر • (šotor)

1. camel
   • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, “Section 4, Part 1”, in کشکول‎^[3]:

     اعرابی‌ای را شتر گم شد. سوگندان خورد که اگر یافته آید، به یک درهمش به فروش رساند. قضا را شتر یافته شد، و اعرابی را دل طاقت نمی‌آورد که بدان قیمتش بفروشد. این شد که گربه‌ای را بگرفت و به گردن شتر آویخت. و منادی همی‌کرد که: شتر یک درهم، گربه پانصد درهم، با یکدیگر همی‌فروشم. اعرابی‌ای دگر از آنجا بگذشت و گفت: اگر آن گردن‌بند نبودی، شتر چه ارزان بودی؟

     a'râbi'i râ šotor gom šod. sowgandân xord ke agar yâfte âyad, be yek derhamaš be foruš resânad. qazâ râ šotor yâfte šod, va a'râbi râ del tâqat nami'âvard ke bed-ân qeymataš beforušad. in šod ke gorbe'i râ begereft o be gardan-e šotor âvixt. va monâdâ hamikard ke: šotor yek derham, gorbe pânsad, bâ yek-digar hamiforušam. a'râbi'i degar az ânjâ begozašt o goft: agar ân gardan-band nabudi, šotor če arzân budi?

     A Bedouin lost a camel. He took an oath that if it were found, he would sell it for one dirham. As fate would have it, the camel was found, but the Bedouin could not bear selling it at such a price. Consequently, he grabbed a cat and hung it from the neck of the camel. He then proclaimed: "I am selling this camel for one dirham and this cat for fifty, as a bundle together." Another Bedouin passed by and said: "How cheap this camel would be, were it not for that collar."

Derived terms

• شتر دوکوهان (šotor-e do-kuhân)
• شتربان (šotorbân)
• شترخار (šotorxâr)
• شترمرغ (šotormorġ)
• شترک (šotorak)
• شترگاوپلنگ (šotor-gâv-palang)

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 (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اشتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• David Neil MacKenzie (1990-12-15), “Camel”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York