kurn

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Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian գուռն (guṙn).

Noun

kurn

  1. water basin, watering trough

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 597b
  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 349a
  • Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “kurn”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, page 453b
  • Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “ավազան”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 46a, translating as к’ӧр’ьн (k’urrin)