اختاپوس

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔux.taː.ˈpuːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊx.t̪ʰɑː.pʰúːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊx.t̪ʰɑː.pʰúːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔux.t̪ʰɔː.pʰús]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔox.t̪ʰɒː.pʰúːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuχ.t̪ʰɔ.pʰɵ́s]

Readings
Classical reading^?	uxtāpūs
Dari reading^?	uxtāpūs
Iranian reading^?	oxtâpus
Tajik reading^?	uxtopüs

Noun

اختاپوس • (uxtāpūs / oxtâpus) (plural اختاپوس‌ها (uxtāpūs-hā / oxtâpus-hâ), Tajik spelling ухтопӯс)

(less common) octopus (any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae)
Synonym: (more common) هَشْت‌پَا (hašt-pâ)

Further reading

اختاپوس on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa