Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱππιατρός (hippiatrós), from ἵππος (híppos, horse) + ἰατρός (iatrós, physician). Cognate with Aramaic אִפִּיטְרוּס (ʾippīṭrūs), Classical Syriac ܦܝܛܪܐ (pyaṭrā) and ܒܛܪܐ (baṭrā). Reinterpreted as from the root ب ط ر (b-ṭ-r) related to “slashing, cutting”, because the farrier cuts the hoofs.

Noun edit

بَيْطَار (bayṭārm (plural بَيَاطِر (bayāṭir) or بَيَاطِير (bayāṭīr) or بَيَاطِرَة (bayāṭira))

  1. farrier
  2. veterinarian

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 265–266
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 12
  • Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt[2], volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, 2nd edition, Constantinople, page 769
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պայտար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 19b