سته

Persian

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sat.ˈta/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sät̪.t̪ʰǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sät̪.t̪ʰǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sät̪.t̪ʰǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæt̪.t̪ʰé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sät̪.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	satta
Dari reading^?	satta
Iranian reading^?	satte
Tajik reading^?	satta

Noun

سته • (satta / satte) (plural سته‌ها (satta-hā / satte-hâ))

berry soft fruit, e.g. grapes and strawberries
Hypernym: میوه (mēwa / mive, “fruit”)
- early 11th century, Asjadī, فرهنگ آنندراج [Dictionary of Ānand Rāj], published 1889:
  گر چو سته دلش بیفشارند
  قطره‌ای جود از آن برون نارند
  gar čū satta dil-aš biyafšārand
  qatra'ē jawd az ān birūn n-ārand
  Even if they squeeze his heart like a berry,
  Not a drop of beneficence will they get out of it.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(botany) berry
Hypernym: میوه (mēwa / mive, “fruit”)

Etymology 2

Regular metrical variant, used for poetic meters where a short vowel is necessary.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /su.ˈtuh/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.t̪ʰʊ́ʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.t̪ʰʊ́]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.t̪ʰú]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.t̪ʰóʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.t̪ʰɵ́ʰ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sutuh
Dari reading^?	sutoh
Iranian reading^?	sotoh
Tajik reading^?	sutüh

Adjective

سته • (sutu / soto)

poetic form of (sutōh / sotuh)