چپر

See also: جبر, حبر, چتر, خبر, and خبز

Persian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare چنبر (čanbar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæˈpʰæɾ]

Noun

چپر • (čapar)

1. circle, ring
2. thong put under a seam to strengthen it
3. palisade
4. wooden hut

Descendants

• → Armenian: չափար (čʻapʻar)
• → Azerbaijani: çəpər
• → Northern Kurdish: çeper
• → Turkish: çeper
• → Ushojo: چَپر (čapar)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چپر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

چپر • (čapar)

1. Alternative form of چاپار (čâpâr, “post; courier”)

References

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