چاپار
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From چاپمق (çapmak, “to run, trot, gallop”).
Noun
چاپار • (çapar)
- a Persian mounted courier or messenger
Adjective
چاپار • (çapar)
- that runs or gallops
Derived terms
- چاپارلق (çaparlık)
Descendants
- Turkish: çapar
- → Armenian: Չափարյան (Čʿapʿaryan)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چاپار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 698
Persian
Etymology
A Turkic borrowing: compare Old Anatolian Turkish چپار / چاپار / چپر (çapar), Ottoman Turkish چاپار (çapar), Azerbaijani çapar. Ultimately from the root underlying Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak), Azerbaijani çapmaq.
Also from Turkic (directly or via Persian): Middle Armenian չափառ (čʿapʿaṙ), Armenian Չափարյան (Čʿapʿaryan), Georgian ჩაფარი (čapari), Ossetian чапар (ḱapar), Avar чапар (čapar), Lezgi чапар (čapar), Lak чапар (čapar).
Noun
چاپار • (čâpâr)
- runner, mounted messenger, courier
- post, mail
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19) (in German), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1033, pages 12–13
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21) (in German), volume 4, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1033, page 452
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “چاپار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul