لوترا

لوترا

Persian

Alternative forms

• لوتر‎ (lutar), لوتره‎ (lutre)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /luːtɾɑː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /luːtɾɒː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /luːtɾɒː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /lutɾɔː/

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.