بیطار

See also: بيطار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بیطر (baytar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْطَار (bayṭār, “farrier; veterinarian”), itself from Ancient Greek ἱππιατρός (hippiatrós, “farrier”), a compound of ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”).

Noun

بیطار • (baytar) (definite accusative بیطاری (baytarı), plural بیطارلر (baytarlar))

1. farrier, horseshoer, a person who trims the hooves and fits the horseshoe

   Synonyms: نعلبر (naʼlbur), نعلبند (naʼlband)

2. veterinarian, vet, a doctor who is specialized in treating and curing animals

Derived terms

• بیطار كوستكی (baytar kösteği, “fetters, shackles”)
• بیطارلق (baytarlık, “farriery”)
• بیطاری (baytarî, “veterinary”)

Descendants

• Turkish: baytar

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “بیطار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 360
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “baytar1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 513
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “baytâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 91
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بیطار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 301
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Veterinarius”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1748
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بیطار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 996
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “baytar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بیطار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 422

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْطَار (bayṭār, “farrier; veterinarian”), itself from Ancient Greek ἱππιατρός (hippiatrós, “farrier”), a compound of ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baj.ˈtaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bej.t̪ʰɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰɔɾ]

• Rhymes: -aːr

Readings
Classical reading?	baytār
Dari reading?	baytār
Iranian reading?	beytâr
Tajik reading?	baytor

Noun

بیطار • (baytār / beytâr) (Tajik spelling байтор)

1. (rare) veterinarian, vet, a doctor who is specialized in treating and curing animals

   Synonym: دامپزشک (dâmpezešk)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “بیطار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim