Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Persian همشیره (hamšire).

Noun edit

همشیره (hemşire)

  1. sister

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Descendants edit

  • Turkish: hemşire

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Equivalent to هم (ham, also, too, similarly, same) + شیر (šir, milk) (i.e. someone one shares mother's milk with).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? hamšīra
Dari reading? hamšīra
Iranian reading? hamšire
Tajik reading? hamšira

Noun edit

Dari همشیره
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳамшира

همشیره (hamšire) (plural همشیرگان (hamširegân))

  1. sister
  2. sibling
  3. (Dari) nurse

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