کفتار
See also: گفتار
Persian
کفتار
Etymology
Related to Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hptʾl /haftār/, “hyena”), Bandar Abbasi Persian dialect افتارگ (aftārg), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβtʾr /aftār/), Old Georgian აფთარი (aptari). See additional comparanda in Bläsing. Unattested in Old Iranian. The ultimate origin is unknown.
Noun
کفتار • (kaftâr) (plural کفتارها (kaftâr-hâ) or کفتاران (kaftârân))
- hyena
Descendants
- → Armenian: քավթառ (kʿavtʿaṙ)
- → Azerbaijani: kaftar
- → Northern Kurdish: keftar
- → Ottoman Turkish: كفتار (keftar)
- → Udi: кафтӏар (kafṭar)
References
- Bläsing, Uwe (2000), “Irano-Turcica: Weitere iranische Elemente im Türkeitürkischen”, in Folia Orientalia (in German), volume 36, Kraków, § 5, page 39
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “haftār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 39