حشره

See also: حشرة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَشَرة (ḥašara, insect).

Noun

حشره • (haşere) (plural حشرات (haşerat))

  1. insect, any arthropod in the Insecta class characterized by six legs
    Synonym: بوجك (böcek)
  2. (colloquial) insect, bug, any small arthropod similar to an insect
    Synonyms: بوجك (böcek), هامه (hamme)

Descendants

  • Turkish: haşere

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَشَرة (ḥašara).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? hašara
Dari reading? hašara
Iranian reading? hašare
Tajik reading? hašara

Noun

Dari حشره
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳашара

حَشَرِه • (hašare) (plural حشرات (hašarât), or حشره‌ها (hašare-hâ))

  1. insect

Derived terms