بيطار

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ط ر (b-ṭ-r) related to "slashing, cutting", because the farrier cuts the hoofs.[1]

Noun

بَيْطَار (bayṭār)

  1. farrier
  2. veterinarian

Descendants

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

References

  1. 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

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