شتر

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See also: سپر, ستر, and سبز

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Persian شتر (šutur, camel).

Noun[edit]

شتر (şütür)

  1. camel
    Synonym: دوه (deve)
    شتر بارa camel load (about 700 pounds)

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Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

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

This camel is very inquisitive.

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

 

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

Noun[edit]

شتر (šotor)

  1. camel

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Gujarati: શુતર (śutar)
  • 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, New York