شترگاوپلنگ

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Persian

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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 شتر (šotor, “camel”) +‎ گاو (gâv, “cow”) +‎ پلنگ (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

 

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

Noun

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

  1. (archaic) camelopard, giraffe
  2. 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

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