شوره

See also: سوره and سورة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Parthian *šōrag, cognate to Middle Persian [script needed] (swlk' /⁠sōrag⁠/, “salty land”). Compare Arabic شورج (šawraj), an Iranian borrowing. By surface analysis, شور (šur, “salty”) +‎ ـه (-e).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.ɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.ɾä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.ɾä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊː.ɾä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuː.ɹe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading?	šōra
Dari reading?	šōra
Iranian reading?	šure
Tajik reading?	šüra

Dari	شوره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шӯра

Noun

شوره • (šure)

1. nitrous earth; saltpetre

   Synonyms: باروت (bârut), (archaic) نمک چینی (namak-e čini)

Adjective

شوره • (šure)

1. salty

   Synonym: شور (šur)

   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     مدینه رسول الله علیه السلام شهری است بر کناره صحرایی نهاده و زمین نمناک و شوره دارد و آب روان است اما اندک و خرمایستان است.

     madīna-yi rasūlu-llāh alayhi-s-salām šahrē ast bar kināra-yi sahrāyē nihāda u zamīn-i namnāk u šōra dārad u āb-i rawān ast ammā andak u xurmāyistān ast.

     The City of the Prophet of God, peace be upon him, is a town set on the edge of the desert. It has both wet and salty soil, and there is flowing water but only a little, as well as date palm groves.