بیطار

See also: بيطار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بیطر (baytar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْطَار (bayṭār, “farrier; veterinarian”), itself from Ancient Greek ἱππιατρός (hippiatrós, “farrier”), a compound of ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”).

Noun

بیطار • (baytar)

1. farrier, horseshoer, a person who trims the hooves and fits the horseshoe

   Synonyms: نعلبر (naʼlbur), نعلبند (naʼlband)

2. veterinarian, vet, a doctor who is specialized in treating and curing animals

Derived terms

• بیطار كوستكی (baytar kösteği, “fetters, shackles”)
• بیطارلق (baytarlık, “farriery”)
• بیطاری (baytarî, “veterinary”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: baytar

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “baytar1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 513
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “baytâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 91
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بیطار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 301
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Veterinarius”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1748
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بیطار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 996
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baytar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیطار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 422