بيطار

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • بِيَطْر (biyaṭr) originally, soon faded

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱππιατρός (hippiatrós), as are Aramaic אִפִּיטְרוּס (ʾippīṭrūs), Classical Syriac ܦܝܛܪܐ (pyaṭrā) and ܒܛܪܐ (baṭrā). Reinterpreted as from the root ب ط ر (b-ṭ-r) related to “slashing, cutting”, because the farrier cuts the hoofs.

Noun

بَيْطَار (bayṭār) m (plural بَيَاطِر (bayāṭir) or بَيَاطِير (bayāṭīr) or بَيَاطِرَة (bayāṭira))

  1. farrier
  2. veterinarian

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: պայտար (paytar), պայթար (paytʿar), բայտար (baytar), փայտար (pʿaytar)
  • Georgian: ბაითალი (baitali)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیطار (baytar)
  • Northern Kurdish: beytar, beyter
  • Spanish: albéitar

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 265–266
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 12
  • Fīrūzābādī (1250 Rumi calendar [=1834 AD]) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt, volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, 2nd edition, Constantinople, page 769
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պայտար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 19b
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