همشیره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian همشیره (hamšire).

Noun

همشیره • (hemşire)

  1. sister

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Turkish: hemşire

Persian

Etymology

From هم (ham, “also, too, same”) +‎ شیر (šīr / šir, “milk”) +‎ ـه (-a / -e, noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? hamšīra
Dari reading? hamšīra
Iranian reading? hamšire
Tajik reading? hamšira

Noun

Dari همشیره
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳамшира

همشیره • (hamšīra / hamšire) (plural همشیرگان (hamšīragān / hamširegân))

  1. sister
    Synonym: خواهر (xwāhar / xâhar)
  2. sibling
  3. (Dari) nurse
    Synonym: پرستار (parastār / parastâr)
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