شتر

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See also: سپر‎, ستر, and سبز

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Persian شتر(šotor, camel).

Noun[edit]

شتر (şütür)

  1. camel
    Synonym: دوه(deve)
    شتر بار‎ ― a camel load (about 700 pounds)

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Persian[edit]

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

This camel is very inquisitive.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • اشتر(oštor) (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

شتر (šotor)

  1. camel

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Descendants[edit]

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਤਰ (śutar)
    Shahmukhi script: شتر(šutar)

References[edit]

  • 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[1], New York