قطره

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَطْرَة (qaṭra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qat.ˈɾa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæt̪.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qät̪.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qatra
Dari reading^?	qatra
Iranian reading^?	ğatre
Tajik reading^?	qatra

Noun


Dari	قَطرهَ
Iranian Persian	قَطرهِ
Tajik	қатра

قطره • (qatre) (plural قطرات (qatrât))

drop (of liquid)
Synonym: چکه (čekke)

― qatre-ye âb ― drop of water

― qatre-ye bârân ― raindrop

Derived terms

قطره چشم (qatre-ye češm)
قطره چکان (qatre čekân)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़तरा (qatrā)

Urdu: قطرہ (qatrā)

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