استتار

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِتَار (istitār).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔis.ti.ˈtaːr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰe.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	istitār
Dari reading^?	istitār
Iranian reading^?	estetâr
Tajik reading^?	istitor

Noun

استتار • (istitār / estetâr) (Tajik spelling иститор)

camouflage

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “استتار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim