خرتوت

Persian

Etymology

From خر (xar, “donkey; large”) +‎ توت (tut, “mulberry tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xaɾ.ˈtuːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.t̪ʰúːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.t̪ʰúːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.t̪ʰúːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäɾ.t̪ʰút̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæɹ.t̪ʰúːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäɾ.t̪ʰút̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	xartūt
Dari reading?	xartūt
Iranian reading?	xartut
Tajik reading?	xartut

Noun

Dari	خرتوت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хартут

خرتوت • (xartut)

1. large mulberry tree
   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     می‌گفتند قبر هود علیه السلام آنجاست، زیارت وی دریافتم و اندر حظیرهٔ وی درختی خرتوت بود و قبر عزیز نبی علیه السلام آنجا بود، زیارت آن کردم.

     mē-guftand qabr-i hūd alayhi-s-salām ānjā-st, ziyārat-i way daryāftam u andar hazīra-yi way diraxtē xartūt būd u qabr-i azīz-i nabī alayhi-s-salām ānjā būd, ziyārat-i ān kardam.

     They said that the tomb of [the Islamic prophet] Hūd, peace be upon him, was there. I sought to make pilgrimage to it. In the enclosure, there was a large mulberry tree and the honored tomb of the prophet, peace be upon him, was there. I made pilgrimage.