سوفار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سوفار (sōfār, “nock, notch of an arrow”).

Noun

سوفار • (sufar)

1. eye, a hole at the blunt end of a needle through which the thread is passed

   Synonym: ایكنه دلیكی (iğne deliği)

2. nock, the notch at the rearmost end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring

   Synonym: گز (gez)

Descendants

• Turkish: sufar

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^[1] (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^[2], Vienna, column 2712
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوفار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1092

Persian

Alternative forms

• سوفاره (sōfāra), سوفارا (sōfārā), سوفال (sōfāl)
• سفال (sufāl, safāl, sifāl), سخال (suxāl, sixāl) (earthenware)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [soː.fɑːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sōfār

Noun

سوفار • (sōfār) (obsolete)

1. nock, the notch at the rearmost end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring
2. perforation, eye, a hole for example at the blunt end of a needle through which the thread is passed
3. shard, earthen vessel

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سوفار (sufar)
  • Turkish: 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)‎^[4] (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)‎^[5] (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^[6] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 350b
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[7] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 533b