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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سوفار (sōfār, “nock, notch of an arrow”).
Noun
سوفار • (sufar)
- eye, a hole at the blunt end of a needle through which the thread is passed
- Synonym: ایكنه دلیكی (iğne deliği)
- nock, the notch at the rearmost end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring
- Synonym: گز (gez)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sufar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4346
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sûfâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1152
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سوفار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2712
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوفار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1092
Persian
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
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sōfār
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Noun
سوفار • (sōfār) (obsolete)
- nock, the notch at the rearmost end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring
- perforation, eye, a hole for example at the blunt end of a needle through which the thread is passed
- shard, earthen vessel
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: سوفار (sufar)
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission) (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 298 Nr. 1296
- Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 163 Nr. 483
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سوفار”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 350b
- Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 533b