شترگاوپلنگ

Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

اشترگاوپلنگ‎ (oštorgâvpalang), شترگاو‎ (šotorgâv), شترگاو‎ (oštorgâv), گاوپلنگ‎ (gâvpalang)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian ʾwštlgʾwplng (uštar-gāw-palang, “giraffe”), compound of ʾwštl (uštar, “camel”) + gʾw (gāw, “ox, cow, bull”) + plng (palang, “leopard”). Also analyzable as ‎ (šotor, “camel”) +‎ ‎ (gâv, “cow”) +‎ ‎ (palang, “leopard”).

Compare Old Armenian շտրպաղանգ (štrpałang), an Iranian borrowing. For the formation compare Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis), Old Armenian ընձուղտ (ənjułt), Classical Syriac ܓܡܠ ܢܡܪܐ‎ (ɡmal-nemrā).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ʃutuɾɡɑːwpalanɡ/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /ʃʊtʊɾɡɒːwpalanɡ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ʃotoɾɡɒːvpælænɡ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /ʃutuɾɡɔːvpalanɡ/

Noun[edit]

شترگاوپلنگ • (šotorgâvpalang) (plural شترگاوپلنگ‌ها‎ (šotorgâvpalang-hâ) or شترگاوپلنگان‎ (šotorgâvpalangân))

(archaic) camelopard, giraffe
anything composed of very disparate parts

Synonyms[edit]

زرافه‎ (zarâfe) / زراف‎ (zarâf)
زرناپا‎ (zornâpâ)

Related terms[edit]

شتر‎ (šotor)
گاو‎ (gâv)
پلنگ‎ (palang)

References[edit]

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar, “شترگاوپلنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–
MacKenzie, D. N., “uštar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1971, page 85