شفتالو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian شفتالو (šaftâlu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛftɑːˈɫɯ/

Noun

شفتالو • (şeftalı)

1. peach
2. nectarine

Descendants

• Turkish: şeftali, şeftalı
• → Kurdish: şeftalî

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (špt'twk' /⁠šiftālūg⁠/, “peach”), from Proto-Iranian *xšwiptakah (“milky, sweet”), from Proto-Iranian *xšwiptah (“milk”).

Noun

شفتالو • (šaftâlu)

1. (Dari) peach
2. nectarine

Synonyms

• هلو (holu)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şaftalı
• → Armenian: շավթալ (šavtʻal), շաֆդալի (šafdali), շափտալի (šapʻtali), շեֆթալի (šeftʻali), շաֆթալի (šaftʻali), շեֆթելյու (šeftʻelyu), շավթլի (šavtʻli) (in some cases via Turkic)
• → Hindustani

  Hindi: शफ़तालू (śaftālū)

  Urdu: شفتالو (śaftālū)

• → Shor: шаптал
• → Ottoman Turkish: شفتالو (şeftalı)
  • Turkish: şeftali, şeftalı
  • → Kurdish: şeftalî