شبدر

Persian

Alternative forms

  • شفدر (šafdar), شفتل (šaftal) (Xōst, Kābul)[1]

Etymology

Cognate to Northern Luri شۋںر (şüər), Pashto شغتل, شوتل, شوتله (clover). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

شبدر • (šabdar)

  1. clover
  2. clubs as a suit

Descendants

  • Russian: шабда́р (šabdár, Persian clover, Trifolium resupinatum)

References

  1. ^ Schapka, Ulrich; Volk, Otto Heinrich (1979), “Ein Verzeichnis von in Afghanistan gebräuchlichen Pflanzennamen”, in Afghanistan Journal, volume 6, number 1, Nr. 370–371, page 9a