शुतुर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شتر (šutur), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (GMRA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwštl /⁠uštar⁠/, “camel”), from Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. Doublet of ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) and उष्ट्र (uṣṭra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.t̪ʊɾ/

Noun

शुतुर • (śutur) m (Urdu spelling شُتُر)

1. (rare) camel

   Synonyms: ऊँट (ū̃ṭ), उष्ट्र (uṣṭra)

Declension

Declension of शुतुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शुतुर śutur	शुतुर śutur
oblique	शुतुर śutur	शुतुरों śuturõ
vocative	शुतुर śutur	शुतुरो śuturo

Related terms

• शुतुरमुर्ग़ (śuturmurġ)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शुतुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press