قطره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَطْرَة (qaṭra)

Noun

قطره • (katra)

drop (of liquid)
Synonym: طاملا (damla)

قطره قطره ― katra katra ― drop by drop

Further reading

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “katra”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قطره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 965a

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَطْرَة (qaṭra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qat.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæt̪.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qatra
Dari reading^?	qatra
Iranian reading^?	ġatre
Tajik reading^?	qatra

Noun


Iranian Persian	قطره
Dari	قطره
Tajik	қатра

قطره • (qatra / ġatre) (plural قطرات (qatrāt / ġatrât))

drop (of liquid)
Synonym: چکه (čikka / čekke)

― qatre-ye âb ― drop of water

― qatre-ye bârân ― raindrop

Derived terms

قطره چشم (qatra-yi čašm / ġatre-ye češm)
قطره‌چکان (qatra-čikān / ġatre-čekân)

Descendants

Tajik: қатра (qatra)
→ Chagatai:
- > Uyghur: قەترە (qetre) (inherited)
- > Uzbek: qatra (inherited)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़तरा (qatrā)

Urdu: قَطْرَہ (qatra)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ਤਰਾ (qatrā)

Shahmukhi script: قَطْرَہ (qat̤rah)