شترگاوپلنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾwštlgʾwplng (uštar-gāw-palang, “giraffe”), compound of ʾwštl (uštar, “camel”) + gʾw (gāw, “ox, cow, bull”) + plng (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

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃotʰorɡɒːvpæˈlæŋɡ]

Noun

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

1. (archaic) camelopard, giraffe
2. Anything composed of very disparate parts.

Synonyms

• زرافه‎ (zarâfe) / زراف‎ (zarâf)

Related terms

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

References

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