کتیرا
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic كَثِيرَاء.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ka.tiː.ˈɾɑː]
- (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
[edit]کتیرا • (katirâ)
- 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.