کتیرا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَثِيرَاء.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.tiː.ˈɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰiː.ɾɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰiː.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰiː.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.t̪ʰiː.ɹɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	katīrā
Dari reading?	katīrā
Iranian reading?	katirâ
Tajik reading?	katiro

Noun

کتیرا • (katirâ)

1. gum tragacanth
   • 1962, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, غرب‌زدگی [Occidentosis: A Plague from the West]:

     این موّاد خام، فقط سنگ آهن نیست، یا نفت، یا روده، یا پنبه و کتیرا. اساطیر هم هست، اصول عقاید هم هست، موسیقی هم هست، عوالم عُلوی هم هست.

     in mavvâd-e xâm, faqat sang-e âhan nist, yâ naft, yâ rude, yâ pambe va katirâ. asâtir ham hast, osul-e aqâyed ham hast, musiqi ham hast, avâlem-e olvi ham hast.

     These raw resources are not just iron ore, petroleum, guts, or cotton and gum tragacanth. There are also myths, the principles of dogmas, and music, and higher worlds.