شبدر
Persian
Alternative forms
- شفدر (šafdar), شفتل (šaftal) (Xōst, Kābul)[1]
Etymology
Cognate to Pashto شغتل, شوتل, شوتله (“clover”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
شبدر • (šabdar)
- clover
- clubs as a suit
Descendants
- → Russian: шабда́р (šabdár, “Persian clover, Trifolium resupinatum”)
References
- Schapka, Ulrich; Volk, Otto Heinrich (1979), “Ein Verzeichnis von in Afghanistan gebräuchlichen Pflanzennamen”, in Afghanistan Journal, volume 6, issue 1, Nr. 370–371, page 9a