شترمرغ

Persian

Alternative forms

اشترمرغ (ušturmurġ / oštormorġ)

Etymology

Compound of (šutur / šotor, “camel”) +‎ (murġ / morġ, “bird”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃu.tur.ˈmurɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.t̪ʰuɾ.múɾɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.t̪ʰoɹ.móɹɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.t̪ʰuɾ.múɾʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šuturmúrġ
Dari reading^?	šuturmurġ
Iranian reading^?	šotormorġ
Tajik reading^?	šuturmurġ

Noun

شترمرغ • (šuturmurġ / šotormorġ) (plural شترمرغ‌ها (šuturmurġ-hā / šotormorġ-hâ), Tajik spelling шутурмурғ)

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Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܫܬܘܪܡܘܪܓ (/⁠štwrmwrg⁠/), ܐܫܛܘܪܡܘܪܓ (/⁠ʾšṭwrmwrg⁠/)
→ Pashto: شترمرغ (šotormórǧ)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: शुतुरमुर्ग़ (śuturmurġ)

Urdu: شُتُرْمُرْغ (śuturmurġ)
→ Middle Armenian: իշտրմուղ (ištrmuġ), իշտռմուղ (ištṙmuġ)
→ Hindi: उष्ट्रपक्षी (uṣṭrapakṣī) (calque)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਤਰ ਮੁਰਗ (śutar murag)

Shahmukhi script: شترمرغ (śuturmurġ)