शुतुर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šutur), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (GMRA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwštl /⁠uštar⁠/, “camel”), from Proto-Iranian *úštrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. Doublet of ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) and उष्ट्र (uṣṭra).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.t̪ʊɾ/

Noun

शुतुर • (śutur) m (Urdu spelling شُتُر)

(rare) camel
Synonyms: ऊँट (ū̃ṭ), उष्ट्र (uṣṭra)

Declension

Declension of शुतुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शुतुर śutur	शुतुर śutur
oblique	शुतुर śutur	शुतुरों śuturõ
vocative	शुतुर śutur	शुतुरो śuturo

Related terms

शुतुरमुर्ग़ (śuturmurġ)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शुतुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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