شامورتی

Persian

Etymology

From Armenian շան որդի (šan ordi, literally “son of a dog”), in turn Calque of Azerbaijani it oğlu.

Pronunciation

• • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.muːɹ.t̪ʰíː], [ʃɒːɱ.vuːɹ.t̪ʰíː]

Readings
Iranian reading?	šâmurti, šâmvurti

Noun

شامورتی • (šâmurti, šâmvurti) (Tehrani)

1. cheat, scoundrel, swindler
2. barrel organ, street organ
   • 1957, Rasoul Parvizi, “قصه عینکم [qesse-ye eynakam, The Story of my Glasses]”, in شلوارهای وصله‌دار [šalvâr-hâ-ye vasle-dâr, Patched-up Pants]:

     یارو وارد سن شد، شامورتی را در آورد، بازی را شروع کرد.

     yâru vâred-e sen šod, šâmurti râ dar âvard, bâzi râ šoru' kard.

     So-and-so came into the scene, picked up the barrel organ and started to play.

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شامورتی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press