همشیره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian همشیره (hamšire).

Noun

همشیره • (hemşire)

1. sister

Synonyms

• قیزقارداش (kızkardaş)

Descendants

• Turkish: hemşire

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Persian

Etymology

Equivalent to هم (ham, “also, too, similarly, same”) + شیر (šir, “milk”) (i.e. someone one shares mother's milk with).

Noun

Dari	همشیره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳамшира

همشیره • (hamšire) (plural همشیرگان (hamširegân))

1. sister
2. sibling
3. nurse (Dari, Tajik)

Synonyms

• خواهر (xâhar)