koberec

Possibly of Turkic origin. Cognates include Polish kobierzec, Russian ковёр (kovjór), and archaic Bulgarian губер (guber).

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koberec m inan (relational adjective kobercový, diminutive kobereček or koberčík)

1. rug, carpet

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• “koberec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “koberec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Possibly from Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), according to Jooseppi Julius Mikkola, quoted also by Vasmer; cognates derived from kǫgurr include Russian ковёр (kovjór), and archaic Bulgarian губер (guber). A Turkic origin has also been theorised.

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koberec m inan (relational adjective kobercový, diminutive koberček)

1. rug, carpet

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• “koberec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025