كر

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See also: کژ, کر, گز, گر, and کز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ك ر ر (k r r)
7 terms

Verb

كَرَّ (karra) I (non-past يَكُرُّ (yakurru), verbal noun كَرّ (karr) or كُرُور (kurūr))

  1. to return, to come back, to recur, to head back
  2. to return to attack again, to assail
    Antonym: فَرَّ (farra)
Conjugation

Noun

كَرّ (karrm

  1. verbal noun of كَرَّ (karra) (form I)
    1. return, coming back, head back
    2. attack
      Antonym: فَرّ (farr)
Declension

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒄀𒆤𒈣 (/⁠kuru⁠/, short reed mat, collection of reeds; a woven thing), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, to twist, to wind, to turn).

Noun

كَرّ (karrm (plural كِرَار (kirār) or كُرُور (kurūr))

  1. rope woven from palm bast or fibres
Declension
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from Aramaic כּוֹרָא (kōrā, a dry measure), Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kōrā, a dry measure), from Akkadian 𒄥 (/⁠kurru⁠/), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, a bundle of barley; standard unit of capacity). Also found in Hebrew כֹּר (kōr), and in the meaning of a young donkey in Safaitic 𐪋𐪇 (kr /⁠korr⁠/) beside two asses pictured.

Noun

كُرّ (kurrm (plural كِرَار (kirār)) (obsolete)

  1. a dry measure, six ass loads
    1. (al-Kūfa, Bağdād) 60 قَفِيز (qafīz), 2700 kg
    2. (al-Baṣra, Wāṣiṭ) 120 قَفِيز (qafīz), 2880 kg
  2. (dialectal, Syria) the foal of an ass

References

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

كر (karrm

  1. (vulgar) ass

Yemeni Arabic

Etymology 1

Disputed etymology:

Alternative forms

Noun

كُرّ (kurr)

  1. eddo (Colocasia antiquorum, usually accepted as a syn. of Colocasia esculenta)

Etymology 2

Variant of Arabic كُرَة (kura, a ball, a mass, a clump).

Noun

كُرّ or كَرّ (kurr or karr) (plural كُرُور (kurūr))

  1. (Tihama) dung

References

  • Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 427