شتر

See also: سپر‎, ستر‎, and سبز‎

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian شتر‎ (šotor, “camel”).

Noun

شتر • (şütür)

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

Derived terms

  • شترك‎ (şütürek)

Further reading

Persian

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

This camel is very inquisitive.

Alternative forms

  • اشتر‎ (oštor) (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃuˈtuɾ/

Noun

شتر • (šotor)

  1. camel

Derived terms

References

  • 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
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