شتر

See also: سپر, ستر, and سبز

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

  • شاتر (šatar)

Etymology

    Borrowed from English shutter.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃa.tar/ [ˈʃɑtɑɾ]

    Noun

    شتر • (šatarm (plural شترات (šatarāt))

    1. window shutter (especially metal ones)
      Synonym: شيش (šīš)

    Ottoman Turkish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Classical Persian شتر (šutur, camel).

    Noun

    شتر • (şütür)

    1. camel
      Synonym: دوه (deve)
      شتر بارa camel load (about 700 pounds)

    Derived terms

    • شترك (şütürek)

    Further reading

    Persian

    Dari شتر
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik шутур

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Middle Persian [script needed] (GMRA, ʾwštl /⁠uštar⁠/, camel), from Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? šutur
      Dari reading? šutur
      Iranian reading? šotor
      Tajik reading? šutur

      Noun

      شتر • (šotor)

      1. camel
        • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, “Section 4, Part 1”, in کشکول[3]:
          اعرابی‌ای را شتر گم شد. سوگندان خورد که اگر یافته آید، به یک درهمش به فروش رساند. قضا را شتر یافته شد، و اعرابی را دل طاقت نمی‌آورد که بدان قیمتش بفروشد. این شد که گربه‌ای را بگرفت و به گردن شتر آویخت. و منادی همی‌کرد که: شتر یک درهم، گربه پانصد درهم، با یکدیگر همی‌فروشم. اعرابی‌ای دگر از آنجا بگذشت و گفت: اگر آن گردن‌بند نبودی، شتر چه ارزان بودی؟
          a'râbi'i râ šotor gom šod. sowgandân xord ke agar yâfte âyad, be yek derhamaš be foruš resânad. qazâ râ šotor yâfte šod, va a'râbi râ del tâqat nami'âvard ke bed-ân qeymataš beforušad. in šod ke gorbe'i râ begereft o be gardan-e šotor âvixt. va monâdâ hamikard ke: šotor yek derham, gorbe pânsad, bâ yek-digar hamiforušam. a'râbi'i degar az ânjâ begozašt o goft: agar ân gardan-band nabudi, šotor če arzân budi?
          A Bedouin lost a camel. He took an oath that if it were found, he would sell it for one dirham. As fate would have it, the camel was found, but the Bedouin could not bear selling it at such a price. Consequently, he grabbed a cat and hung it from the neck of the camel. He then proclaimed: "I am selling this camel for one dirham and this cat for fifty, as a bundle together." Another Bedouin passed by and said: "How cheap this camel would be, were it not for that collar."

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • Gujarati: શુતર (śutar)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਤਰ (śutar)
        Shahmukhi script: شتر (šutar)

      References

      • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “شتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
      • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اشتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
      • David Neil MacKenzie (1990-12-15), “Camel”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York