کفتار

See also: گفتار‎

Persian
کفتار

Etymology

Related to Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hptʾl /haftār/, “hyena”), Bandar Abbasi Persian dialect افتارگ‎ (aftârg), 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))

  1. 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
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