# شفتالو
## Khalaj
### Noun

شَفتالو (şəftâlu) (definite accusative شَفتالونوُ, plural شَفتالولار)
* Arabic spelling of şəftâlu (“peach”)

#### Declension
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian شفتالو (šaftâlu).

### Noun

شفتالو (şeftalü, şeftali)
* peach

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: şaftalı
* Gagauz: шефтели
* Ottoman Turkish: شفتالو (şeftalı)
** Turkish: şeftali, şeftalı
** → Bulgarian: шефталия (šeftalija) (archaic)
** → Crimean Tatar: şaftalı
** → Northern Kurdish: şeftalî
** → Ladino: shefteli
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: шефтелија, шептелија, шевтелија, шепталија (archaic)
    Latin script: šeftelija, šeptelija, ševtelija, šeptalija (archaic)

### References

* Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎, Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, page 237
* Abdurishid Yakup (2005) The Turfan Dialect of Uyghur‎, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish شفتالو (şeftalü, şeftali), from Persian شفتالو (šaftâlu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɛftɑːˈɫɯ/

### Noun

شفتالو • (şeftalı)
* peach
* nectarine
* (poetic, figurative) a kiss

#### Derived terms

* تویسز شتفالو (tüysüz şeftali, “nectarine”)
* شفتالو آغاجی (şeftali ağacı, “peach tree”)
* شفتالو آلمق (şeftali almak, “to kiss”)
* یارمه شفتالو (yarma şeftali)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: şeftali, şeftalı
* → Bulgarian: шефталия (šeftalija) (archaic)
* → Crimean Tatar: şaftalı
* → Northern Kurdish: şeftalî
* → Ladino: shefteli
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: шефтелија, шептелија, шевтелија, шепталија (archaic)
    Latin script: šeftelija, šeptelija, ševtelija, šeptalija (archaic)

### References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شفتالو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 729

## Pashto
### Alternative forms

* شوتالو (šawtālu)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شفتالو (šaftâlu).

### Noun

شفتالو • (šaftālu) f
* peach (fruit)
    Synonym: خمارۍ (xomārəi)

### Further reading

* “شفتالو”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
* Aslanov, M. G. (1985) “شفتالو”, in Puštu-russkij slovarʹ [Pashto–Russian Dictionary], 2nd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
* Raverty, H. G. (1867) “شفتالو”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (špt'twk' /⁠šiftālūg⁠/, “peach”), a compound describing its texture of [Term?] (/⁠šift⁠/, “milk”) via Northwestern Iranian from Proto-Iranian *xšwiptah (“milk”) and [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwk' /⁠ālūg⁠/, “plum”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʃaf.tɑː.ˈluː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäf.t̪ʰɑː.lúː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäf.t̪ʰɑː.lúː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʃäf.t̪ʰɑː.lúː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʃäf.t̪ʰɔː.lú]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʃæf.t̪ʰɒː.lúː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʃäf.t̪ʰɔ.lú]

### Noun

Regional synonyms of "peach" :
| Dari | شَفتالُو |
| Iranian Persian | هُلو |
| Tajik | шафтолу |
شفتالو • (šaftâlu)
* (Iran) nectarine
* (Dari) peach

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: շավթալ (šavtʻal), շաֆդալի (šafdali), շափտալի (šapʻtali), շեֆթալի (šeftʻali), շաֆթալի (šaftʻali), շեֆթելյու (šeftʻelyu), շավթլի (šavtʻli) (in some cases via Turkic)
* → Chechen: шаптал (šaptal)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: शफ़तालू (śaftālū)
    Urdu: شفتالو (śaftālū)
* → Ingush: шапта (šapta)
* → Kabardian: шэфтал (šɛftal)
* → Karachay-Balkar: шаптал (şaptal)
* → Kazakh: шабдалы (şabdaly)
* → Turkmen: şetdaly
* → Turkmen: شبداله (“şepdaly”) (Turkmensahra)
* → Khalaj: şəftâlu
* → Kyrgyz: шабдалы (şabdalı), шапталы (şaptalı)
* → Russian: шептала́ (šeptalá) (via Turkic)
* → Shor: шаптал
* → Old Anatolian Turkish: شفتالو (şeftalü, şeftali)
** Azerbaijani: şaftalı
** Gagauz: шефтели
** Ottoman Turkish: شفتالو (şeftalı)
*** Turkish: şeftali, şeftalı
*** → Bulgarian: шефталия (šeftalija) (archaic)
*** → Crimean Tatar: şaftalı
*** → Northern Kurdish: şeftalî
*** → Ladino: shefteli
*** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: шефтелија, шептелија, шевтелија, шепталија (archaic)
    Latin script: šeftelija, šeptelija, ševtelija, šeptalija (archaic)
* → Uyghur: شاپتۇل (shaptul)
* → Uzbek: shaftoli