سیب‌زمینی

Persian

Dari کچالو
Iranian Persian سیب‌زمینی
Tajik себзаминӣ, картошка

Etymology

From سیب (“apple”) +‎ زمینی (“earthly, from earth”), a calque of French pomme de terre.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? sib-zamini

Noun

سیب‌زَمینی • (sib-zamini)

  1. (chiefly Iran) potato

References

  • Jazayery, Mohammad Ali (1966) “Western Influence in Contemporary Persian: A General View”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎[1], volume 29, number 1, →DOI, page 92
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