Arabic

Verb

اِشْتَرِ • ‎(ištari) ‎(form VIII)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of اِشْتَرَى ‎(ištarā)

Baluchi

Noun

اشتر • ‎(uštar)

1. camel

See also

• ہشتر ‎(huštur, huštir)

Persian

Alternative forms

• شتر ‎(šotor)

Etymology

From Middle Persian GMRA, ʾwštl ‎(uštar, “camel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *uštra-. Compare Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 ‎(uštra, “camel”), Old Persian 𐎢𐏁𐎲𐎠𐎼𐎡 ‎(uša-bāri-, “camel-borne”), and Sanskrit उष्ट्र ‎(uṣṭra, “camel, buffalo”), Perhaps related to Old Armenian ուղտ ‎(ułt).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔoʃˈtoɾ/

Noun

اشتر • ‎(oštor) ‎(plural اشتران ‎(oštorân) or اشترها ‎(oštor-hâ))

1. (archaic) camel
   • Saadi, Gulistan, chapter 2, story 27

     اشتر به شعر عرب در حالتست و طرب
     گر ذوق نیست ترا، کژطبع جانوری

     uštšr ba ši'r-i Arab dar hālat-ast u tarab
     gar ḏawq nēst tu-rā, kaž-tab' jāniwarē

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اشتر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• "Camel - i. Etymology" in David Neil MacKenzie (December 15, 1990), Encyclopædia Iranica
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “uštar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press