نهره

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Persian

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Etymology

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Ultimately of Semitic origin; if not from Arabic نَهْر (nahr, river) by a multistep semantic change as in riverliquidmilkchurn, from Aramaic נַהְרָא‏ / ܢܰܗܪܴܐ (nahrā, river) in the sense of canal pertinent to urbanized Mesopotamia used figuratively for the passageway of milk.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nahra
Dari reading? nahra
Iranian reading? nahre
Tajik reading? nahra

Noun

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نهره (nehre)

  1. churn

Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: nehrə

References

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