لوترا

Persian

Alternative forms

• لوتر (lutar), لوتره (lutre)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [luːt.ɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [luːt̪.ɾɑː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [luːt̪.ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lut̪.ɾɔ]

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.