Khalaj

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Noun

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شَفتالو (şəftâlu) (definite accusative شَفتالونوُ, plural شَفتالولار)

  1. Arabic spelling of şəftâlu (peach)

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Old Anatolian Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian شفتالو (šaftâlu).

Noun

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شفتالو (şeftalü, şeftali)

  1. peach

Descendants

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References

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  • Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎[1], Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, page 237
  • Abdurishid Yakup (2005) The Turfan Dialect of Uyghur[2], Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Old Anatolian Turkish شفتالو (şeftalü, şeftali), from Persian شفتالو (šaftâlu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شفتالو (şeftalı)

  1. peach
  2. nectarine
  3. (poetic, figurative) a kiss

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شفتالو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 729

Pashto

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian شفتالو (šaftâlu).

Noun

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شفتالو (šaftāluf

  1. peach (fruit)
    Synonym: خمارۍ (xomārəi)

Further reading

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  • شفتالو”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Aslanov, M. G. (1985) “شفتالو”, in Puštu-russkij slovarʹ [Pashto–Russian Dictionary], 2nd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
  • Raverty, H. G. (1867) “شفتالو”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (špt'twk' /⁠šiftālūg⁠/, peach), a compound describing its texture of [Term?] (/⁠šift⁠/, milk) via Northwestern Iranian from Proto-Iranian *xšwiptah (milk) and [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /⁠ālūg⁠/, plum).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šaftālū
Dari reading? šaftālū
Iranian reading? šaftâlu
Tajik reading? šaftolu

Noun

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Regional synonyms of "peach"
Dari شَفتالُو
Iranian Persian هُلو
Tajik шафтолу

شفتالو (šaftâlu)

  1. (Iran) nectarine
  2. (Dari) peach

Descendants

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