لوترا

Persian

Alternative forms

  • لوتر (lutar), لوتره (lutre)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [luːt̪.ɾɑː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [luːt̪.ɾɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [lut̪.ɾɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? lūtrā
Dari reading? lūtrā
Iranian reading? lutrâ
Tajik reading? lutro

Noun

لوتَرا • (lutrâ)

  1. secret language, code language, argot, language known only to its speakers
    • 10th century, حدود العالم من المشرق الی المغرب [The Boundaries of The World from The East to the West"]:
      مردم استرآباد به دو زبان سخن گویند: یکی به لوترا استرآبادی و دیگری به پارسی کردانی.
      mardom-e astarâbâd be do zabân saxon guyand: yek-i be lutrâ[-ye] astarâbâdi va digar-i be pârsi-ye kordâni.
      The people of Astarabad speak in two languages: one is the secret language of Astarabad and the other is the Persian of Kurdān.
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