See also: سپر, ستر, and سبز

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian شتر (šutur, camel).

Noun

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شتر (şütür)

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

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Further reading

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Persian

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

in šotor xeili konjkâv ast
This camel is very inquisitive.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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شتر (šotor)

  1. camel

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gujarati: શુતર (śutar)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਤਰ (śutar)
    Shahmukhi script: شتر (šutar)

References

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  • 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