پیغامبر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پیغمبر (peygamber)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پیغامبر (peyğâmbar, “prophet”), from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl (payğāmbar, “messenger, apostle”).

Noun

پیغامبر • (peygamber) (definite accusative پیغامبری (peygamberi), plural پیغامبرلر (peygamberler))

1. (Islam) prophet, messenger, someone who speaks by divine inspiration

   Synonyms: رسول (resul), نبی (nebi), یالاواج (yalavac)

2. (Christianity) Apostle, any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus

   Synonyms: رسول (resul), یالاواج (yalavac)

Derived terms

• پیغامبر آرپه‌سی (peygamber arpası, “oats or spelt”)
• پیغامبر آغاجی (peygamber ağacı, “guaiacum”)
• پیغامبر قبوغی (peygamber kabuğu, “cascarilla bark”)
• پیغامبر قوشی (peygamber kuşu, “wagtail”)
• پیغامبر چیچكی (peygamber çiçeği, “centaury”)
• پیغامبرانه (peygamberane, “special to a prophet or apostle”)
• پیغامبرلك (peygamberlik, “prophecy; prophethood”)
• پیغامبری (peygamberi, “special to a prophet or apostle”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: peygamber
• → Albanian: pejgamber
• → Adyghe: бегъымбар (beğəmbar)
• → Kabardian: бегъымбар (beğəmbar)
• → Serbo-Croatian: pejgamber

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “peygamber”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3839
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “پیغامبر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 139b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پیغامبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 332
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Propheta”, 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 1383
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “پیغامبر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 998
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “peygamber”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پیغامبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 466

Persian

Alternative forms

• پیغمبر (peyğambar)
• پیامبر (payâmbar)
• پیمبر (peyambar, payambar)

Etymology

From Middle Persian pgtʾmbl (payğāmbar, “messenger, apostle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [paj.ɣɑːm.baɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ɣɑːm.bäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ɣɑːm.bäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ɣɑːm.bäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ɣɔːm.bäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pejɢɒːm.bæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.ʁɔm.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	payğāmbar
Dari reading?	payğāmbar
Iranian reading?	peyğâmbar
Tajik reading?	payġombar

Noun

Dari	پیغامبر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пайғомбар

پیغامبر • (peyğâmbar) (plural پیغامبران (peyğâmbarân))

1. (archaic) Alternative form of پیغمبر