اشترخار

Persian

Alternative forms

شترخار (šotorxâr)
اشترغار (oštorġâr), شترغار (šotorġâr) (influenced by Arabic)
اشترغاز (oštorġâz), شترغاز (šotorġâz) (influenced by Arabic mispointing)

Etymology

From (oštor, “camel”) +‎ (xâr, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔuʃ.tuɾ.ˈxaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊʃ.t̪ʰʊɾ.xɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊʃ.t̪ʰʊɾ.xɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.t̪ʰuɾ.xɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoʃ.t̪ʰoɹ.xɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuʃ.t̪ʰuɾ.χɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ušturxār
Dari reading^?	ušturxār
Iranian reading^?	oštorxâr
Tajik reading^?	ušturxor

Noun

m • (oštorxâr)

(archaic) camelthorn

Descendants

→ Arabic: أُشْتُرْغَار (ʔušturḡār), أُشْتُرْخَار (ʔušturḵār), أُشْتُرْغَاز (ʔušturḡāz) — taṣḥīf

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اشترخار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press