شامورتی
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Armenian շան որդի (šan ordi, literally “son of a dog”), in turn Calque of Azerbaijani it oğlu.[1]
Pronunciation
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| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | šâmurti, šâmvurti |
Noun
[edit]شامورتی • (šâmurti, šâmvurti) (Tehrani)
- cheat, scoundrel, swindler
- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Asatryan, Gaṙnik (1990) “Ardyokʻ ka?n haykakan pʻoxaṙutʻyunner nor parskerenum [Are There Armenian Borrowings in New Persian?]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal][1] (in Armenian), number 3, page 144 of 139–144
Further reading
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شامورتی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press