چاپار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چاپمق (çapmak, “to run, trot, gallop”).

Noun

چاپار • (çapar)

a Persian mounted courier or messenger
Synonym: اولاق (ulak)

Adjective

چاپار • (çapar)

that runs or gallops

Derived terms

چاپارلق (çaparlık)

Descendants

Turkish: çapar
→ Armenian: Չափարյան (Čʻapʻaryan)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاپار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 698

Persian

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing: compare Old Anatolian Turkish چپار / چاپار / چپر (çapar), Ottoman Turkish چاپار (çapar), Azerbaijani çapar. Ultimately from the root underlying Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak), Azerbaijani çapmaq.

Also from Turkic (directly or via Persian): Middle Armenian չափառ (čʻapʻaṙ), Armenian Չափարյան (Čʻapʻaryan), Georgian ჩაფარი (čapari), Ossetian чапар (ḱapar), Avar чапар (čapar), Lezgi чапар (čapar), Lak чапар (čapar).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑː.ˈpɑːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.pʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.pʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔː.pʰɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.pʰɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.pʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čāpār
Dari reading^?	čāpār
Iranian reading^?	čâpâr
Tajik reading^?	čopor

Noun


Iranian Persian	چاپار
Dari	چاپار
Tajik	чопор

چاپار • (čâpâr)

runner, mounted messenger, courier
post, mail

References

Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎ (in German), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1033, pages 12–13
Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎ (in German), volume 4, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1033, page 452
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چاپار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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