شترمرغ

Persian

Alternative forms

• اُشْتُرْمُرْغ (oštormorğ)

Etymology

Compound of شُتُرْ (šotor, “camel”) +‎ مُرْغ (morğ, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃu.tuɾ.ˈmuɾɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.t̪ʰuɾ.múɾɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.t̪ʰoɹ.móɹɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.t̪ʰuɾ.múɾʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šuturmurğ
Dari reading?	šuturmurğ
Iranian reading?	šotormorğ
Tajik reading?	šuturmurġ

Noun

Dari	شترمرغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шутурмурғ

شُتُرْمُرْغ • (šotormorğ) (plural شترمرغ‌ها (šotormorğ-hâ))

1. ostrich

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܐܫܬܘܪܡܘܪܓ (/⁠štwrmwrg⁠/), ܐܫܛܘܪܡܘܪܓ (/⁠ʾšṭwrmwrg⁠/)
• → Pashto: شترمرغ (šotormórǧ)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शुतुरमुर्ग़ (śuturmurġ)

  Urdu: شُتُرْمُرْغ (śuturmurġ)

• → Middle Armenian: իշտրմուղ (ištrmuġ), իշտռմուղ (ištṙmuġ)
• → Hindi: उष्ट्रपक्षी (uṣṭrapakṣī) (calque)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਤਰ ਮੁਰਗ (śutar murag)

  Shahmukhi script: شترمرغ (śuturmurġ)