شترگاوپلنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

اشترگاوپلنگ (oštorgâvpalang), شترگاو (šotorgâv), اشترگاو (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”). 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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃu.tuɾ.ɡɑːw.pa.ˈlanɡ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.ɡɑːw.pʰä.lǽŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.ɡɑːw.pʰä.lǽŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.t̪ʰuɾ.ɡäw.pʰä.lǽŋɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.t̪ʰoɹ.ɡɒːv.pʰæ.lǽɲɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.t̪ʰuɾ.ɡɔw.pʰä.lǽŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šuturgāwpalang
Dari reading^?	šuturgāwpalang
Iranian reading^?	šotorgâvpalang
Tajik reading^?	šuturgovpalang

Noun

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

(archaic) camelopard, giraffe
anything composed of very disparate parts
- Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi, Divan-e Robaiyat
  از یک طرفی مجلس ما شیک و قشنگ - از یک طرفی عرصه به ملیون تنگ - قانون و حکومت نظامی و فشار - این است حکومت شتر گاو پلنگ
  
  On one hand, our Parliament is so classy and beautiful
  on the other hand, a million people are living in dire conditions
  Law, martial law, and pressure
  A government consisted of very disparate parts becomes like this

Synonyms

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

Related terms

شتر (šotor)
گاو (gâv)
پلنگ (palang)

References

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

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